Probability of number of books a person will check-out

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The table gives the probability of number of books a person will check-out at the library, where x = number of books checked-out, with a maximum of 3 books.

x P(x)

0 0.240

1 0.385

2 0.263

3 0.112

A person is chosen randomly. Find the following:

a. The probability they check out exactly two books,

P( x=2 ) = 

b. The probability they check out at least one book,

P ( x >=1 ) = 

c. The probability they check out more than two books,

P( x >2 ) = 

d. The probability they check out less than two books,

P ( x<2 ) =

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