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Suppose $X$ is the number of dust storms that occur on Mars next year. Assume that $X$ is a discrete uniform random variable that takes one of the 101 values in the range $\{0,1,2, \ldots, 100\}$ . Let $Y=|X-E(X)|$. Find $E(Y)$.
  1. $\frac{1275}{101}$
  2. $\frac{50}{101}$
  3. $\frac{100}{101}$
  4. $\frac{2550}{101}$
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$$
\begin{aligned}
P(Y=k) & = \begin{cases}\frac{1}{101} & \text { if } k=0 \\
\frac{2}{101} & \text { if } 1 \leq k \leq 50\end{cases} \\
E(Y) & =\sum_{k=0}^{50} k \cdot P(Y=k) \\
& =0 \cdot \frac{1}{101}+\sum_{k=1}^{50} k \cdot \frac{2}{101} \\
& =\frac{2}{101} \sum_{k=1}^{50} k \\
& =\frac{2}{101} \cdot 1275 \\
& =\frac{2550}{101}
\end{aligned}
$$
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