The table below shows the probability distribution of a random variable Z. Z P(Z) -11 0.06 -10 0.36 -9 0.43 -8 0.03 -7 0.02 -6 0.1 What is the mean of the probability distribution? Write your answer as a decimal. Submit
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The mean (μ) of a discrete random variable (z) is calculated as follows:
[tex]\mu=\Sigma z\cdot P(z)[/tex]Substituting with data:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \mu=-11\cdot0.06-10\cdot0.36-9\cdot0.43-8\cdot0.03-7\cdot0.02-6\cdot0.1 \\ \mu=-0.66-3.6-3.87-0.24-0.14-0.6 \\ \mu=-9.11 \end{gathered}[/tex]