Lecture 22: Expectation

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MIT 6.1200J Mathematics for Computer Science, Spring 2024 Instructor: Erik Demaine View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-1200j-mathematics-for-computer-science-spring-2024/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61VNvICqk2HXJTonnKgAc9d This lecture is about the notion of expectation of a random variable, and a really cool property called linearity of expectation which makes computing expected values so much easier. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.

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