Determine whether the distribution represents a probability distribution.  

_X____1_____2_____3_____4_____5___

P(x)    1/10    3/10     1/10     2/10     3/10
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P(x) for x=2 appears to be a glitch in an otherwise ascending series of values. If, for example the P values were in order: 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 3/10, 1/10, they could be a skew distribution. The usual form for a probability distribution is a rise to a summit value and then a falling off; or a cumulative rise to a levelling off: 1/10, 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 3/10. Although the values add up to 1, the implied shape of the supposed probability curve suggest that it isn't a probability curve at all.

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