What is the expected value of the number shown when a fair six-sided die is thrown once?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D.

  1. Step 1: Each outcome has probability . Step 2. . **Answer: . Why not the others:** An expected value need not be a possible outcome, and all faces are equally likely.

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