Dan is playing a game where he selects a card from a deck of four cards, labeled 1 , 2, 3, or 4. The possible cards and probabilities are shown in the probability distribution below. What is the expected value for the card that Dan selects?
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Since the problem doesn't provide the probabilities, we will assume that each card has an equal probability of being selected. So, the probability for each card is $\frac{1}{4}$. Now, we can calculate the expected value by multiplying the value of each card by Show more…
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