Question: Find the expected total calories per caterpillar for each bird. Consider the following table giving the probability that three types of birds consume two different

Find the expected total calories per caterpillar for each bird.
Consider the following table giving the probability that three types of birds consume two different species of caterpillars that come in two different sizes. The first has food quality (in kCal/cm3) of 1.0, and the second has food quality of 2.0. The two volumes are 0.5 and 1.5 cm3.

Find the expected total calories per caterpillar for each bird.
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Volume Eaten by Bird 1 Volume Eaten by Bird 2 Volume Eaten by Bird 3 Quality 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.5 10 0.35 0.25 0.24 0.36 0.10 0.50 20 005 0.5 0.6 0.24 0.30 0.10

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