The expectation of a random variable X that can take on any of N possible values, Xi with probability Pr[Xi], is denoted as E[X] and defined as:

a. E[X]=???XiPr[Xi].
b. E[X]=??XiPr[Xi].
c. E[X]=?XiPr[Xi].
d. E[X]=?XiPr[Xi].


C

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