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The hospital keeps careful track of the number of emergency room visits and is particularly interested in tracking the number of patients during the summer months (historically the peak of the ER visits). Last summer ( a90-day period covering June-July-August), the number of patients seen is X The results are on the table below. Compute the probability P(X) for each X, and construct a probability distribution for the data. Show your work. Explain the process.

X Days P(X)
0 45
1 30
2 15
TOTAL 90

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