A bank has two automatic tellers at its main office and two at each of its three branches. The number of machines that break down on a given day, along with the corresponding probabilities, are shown in the following table:





Find the expected number of machines that will break down on a given day.

a. E = 1.76

b. E = 1.54

c. E = 0.71

d. E = 1.19


a. E = 1.76

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vertices: (4, -3) and (4, 5)
foci: (4, 1 - ) and (4, 1 + )
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transverse axis: y = 1
vertices: (0, 1) and (8, 1)
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