MHB Question regarding a probability mass function of a random variable

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Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it

I have no idea where to even begin

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dylbester said:

I have no idea where to even begin

You should begin with the definition of mean and variance, and also with finding $p(0)$ and $p(1)$.

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