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A shopkeeper wants to check the average number of cars sold per call. Past record of sales is shown below:

Sale of cars (Units)0123
Probabilities16\frac{1}{6}12\frac{1}{2}310\frac{3}{10}130\frac{1}{30}

The expected number of cars sold is :

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

E(X)=0(1/6)+1(1/2)+2(3/10)+3(1/30)=0+0.5+0.6+0.1=1.2E(X) = 0(1/6) + 1(1/2) + 2(3/10) + 3(1/30) = 0 + 0.5 + 0.6 + 0.1 = 1.2.

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