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Construct Probability Histograms
-A Lab Orders a Shipment of 100  Price $10.00$12.50$15.00 Probability 0.20.150.65\begin{array}{l|ccc}\text { Price } & \$ 10.00 & \$ 12.50 & \$ 15.00 \\\hline \text { Probability } & 0.2 & 0.15 & 0.65\end{array}

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Construct Probability Histograms
-A lab orders a shipment of 100 rats a week, 52 weeks a year, from a rat supplier for experiments that the lab conducts. Prices for each weekly shipment of rats follow the distribution below:
 Price $10.00$12.50$15.00 Probability 0.20.150.65\begin{array}{l|ccc}\text { Price } & \$ 10.00 & \$ 12.50 & \$ 15.00 \\\hline \text { Probability } & 0.2 & 0.15 & 0.65\end{array}
Suppose the mean cost of the rats turned out to be $13.63 per week. Interpret this value.


A) The average cost for all weekly rat purchases is $13.63.
B) Most of the weeks resulted in rat costs of $13.63.
C) The median cost for the distribution of rat costs is $13.63.
D) The rat cost that occurs more often than any other is $13.63.

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