Finding expected value when conditional distribution is known

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If the distribution of $Y$ conditional on $X=x$ is known, and the distribution of $X$ is known, what would be the general process for finding the expected value $\Bbb E[Y]$? IS there a general process, or does one need to know the exact distributions?

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Use the fact that:

$$E[Y] = E[E[Y|X]]$$