Compute a probability via counting arguments over a finite sample space and possibly evaluate its limit as a parameter tends to infinity.
| $X$ | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| $\mathrm { P } ( X )$ | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 |
| $\bar { X }$ | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Frequency | 1 | $a$ | $b$ | 2 | 1 |
| $\mathrm { P } ( \bar { X } )$ | 0.25 | $c$ | $d$ | 0.12 | 0.04 |