How do you calculate expected value?

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Expected value is calculated by multiply each probability time its value and summing these over every probability. Here is a simple example: The expected value of tossing a fair die is 3.5. This was calculated like this: Expected Value (tossing a die) = (1/6)(1) + (1/6)(2) + ... + (1/6)(6) Hope that helps!