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A box contains three pieces of paper labelled 0 and three pieces of paper labelled 1....

A box contains three pieces of paper labelled 0 and three pieces of paper labelled 1. Three pieces of paper are drawn at random and without replacement from the box. Let X be the total amount. Find the expected value of X.

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