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Probability

The number of phone calls coming into a switchboard in the next five minutes will either be 0, 1, or 2. The probabilities are the same for each of these (1/3).  If X is the number of calls arriving in a five-minute time period, what is the mean of X?
   a.     1/3
   b.     2/3
   c.     1
   d.     4/3
   e.     none of the above

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