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A salesman wants to know the average number of units he sells per sales call. He checks his past sales records and comes up with the following probabilities:: Sales (in units): 0 1 2 3 4 5 Probability 0.15 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.30 0.20 . What is the average number of units he sells per sale call?

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