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Suppose that one word is to be selected at random from the sentence The girl put...

Suppose that one word is to be selected at random from the sentence The girl put on her lovely pink hat. If X denotes the number of letters in the word that is selected. What is the value of E(X)? What is the value of Var(X)?

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