Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - 5-2 Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, and Expectation - Exercises 5-2 - Page 272: 5

Answer

Mean = μ = ∑X * P(X) = (4*0.4)+(5*0.3)+(6*0.1)+(8*0.15)+(10*0.05) = 5.4 Variance = $ σ ^{2}$ = ∑[$X ^{2}$ * P(X)] - $ μ ^{2}$ =[ $4 ^{2}$ *0.4 +$ 5 ^{2}$ * 0.3 + $6 ^{2}$ * 0.1 + $ 8 ^{2}$ *0.15 + $10 ^{2}$ *0.05 ] -$ 5.4 ^{2}$ =32.1-29.16 =2.94 Standard Deviation = σ = $ \sqrt σ ^{2}$ = $\sqrt 2.94$ = 1.7146 $P(X\geq 6)$ = P(X=6)+P(X=8)+P(X=10) =0.1+0.15+0.05 = 0.25

Work Step by Step

Mean = μ = ∑X * P(X) = (4*0.4)+(5*0.3)+(6*0.1)+(8*0.15)+(10*0.05) = 5.4 Variance = $ σ ^{2}$ = ∑[$X ^{2}$ * P(X)] - $ μ ^{2}$ =[ $4 ^{2}$ *0.4 +$ 5 ^{2}$ * 0.3 + $6 ^{2}$ * 0.1 + $ 8 ^{2}$ *0.15 + $10 ^{2}$ *0.05 ] -$ 5.4 ^{2}$ =32.1-29.16 =2.94 Standard Deviation = σ = $ \sqrt σ ^{2}$ = $\sqrt 2.94$ = 1.71 Probability for one day $P(X\geq 6)$ = P(X=6)+P(X=8)+P(X=10) =0.1+0.15+0.05 = 0.30 Probability for 3 days in a row (0.30)^3=0.027
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