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Obtain the probability distribution of the random variable.
-The following table displays a frequency distribution for the number of siblings for students at one middle school. For a randomly selected student in the school, let X denote the number of siblings of
The student. Obtain the probability distribution of X.  Number of siblings 01234567 Frequency 1922461235620951\begin{array}{r|rrrrrrrr}\text { Number of siblings } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\\hline \text { Frequency } & 192 & 246 & 123 & 56 & 20 & 9 & 5 & 1\end{array}


A)
 Siblings Probability xP(X=x) 10.53520.26730.12240.04350.02060.01170.002\begin{array}{l}\text { Siblings Probability }\\\begin{array}{r|r}\mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x}) \\\hline 1 & 0.535 \\2 & 0.267 \\3 & 0.122 \\4 & 0.043 \\5 & 0.020 \\6 & 0.011 \\7 & 0.002\end{array}\end{array}


B)
 Siblings Probability xP(X=x) 00.29410.37720.18930.08640.03150.01460.00870.002\begin{array}{l}\text { Siblings Probability }\\\begin{array}{r|r}\mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x}) \\\hline 0 & 0.294 \\1 & 0.377 \\2 & 0.189 \\3 & 0.086 \\4 & 0.031 \\5 & 0.014 \\6 & 0.008 \\7 & 0.002\end{array}\end{array}

C)
 Siblings  Probability xP(X=x) 00.31010.36220.20130.07440.03150.01460.00870.002\begin{array}{r|r}\text { Siblings } & \text { Probability } \\\mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x}) \\\hline 0 & 0.310 \\1 & 0.362 \\2 & 0.201 \\3 & 0.074 \\4 & 0.031 \\5 & 0.014 \\6 & 0.008 \\7 & 0.002\end{array}

D)
 Siblings  Probability xP(X=x) 00.12510.12520.12530.12540.12550.12560.12570.125\begin{array}{r|r}\text { Siblings } & \text { Probability } \\\mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{x}) \\\hline 0 & 0.125 \\1 & 0.125 \\2 & 0.125 \\3 & 0.125 \\4 & 0.125 \\5 & 0.125 \\6 & 0.125 \\7 & 0.125\end{array}

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