Expectation Value

In probability and statistics, the expectation or expected value, is the weighted average value of a random variable.

$E(X)=\int_{-\infty }^{\infty }xP(x)dx$

E(X) is the expectation value of the continuous random variable X

x is the value of the continuous random variable X

P(x) is the probability density function

$E(X)=\sum_{i}^{}x_iP(x)$

E(X) is the expectation value of the continuous random variable X

x is the value of the continuous random variable X

P(x) is the probability mass function of X

When a is constant and X,Y are random variables:

E(aX) = aE(X)

E(X+Y) = E(X) + E(Y)

When c is constant:

E(c) = c

When X and Y are independent random variables:

E(X ⋅Y) = E(X) ⋅ E(Y)

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