Expectation of Bernoulli Distribution/Proof 2

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Theorem

Let $X$ be a discrete random variable with a Bernoulli distribution with parameter $p$.


Then the expectation of $X$ is given by:

$\expect X = p$


Proof

Follows directly from Expectation of Binomial Distribution, putting $n = 1$.

$\blacksquare$