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 - Extending the Concepts - Page 274: 23

Answer

$P(4)=0.345$ and $P(6)=0.23$ $\mu= 3.485$ $\sigma^2= 3.82$ $\sigma=1.95$

Work Step by Step

Given $P(6)=\frac{2}{3}P(4)$, as $P(X)$ forms a probability distribution, we have $\sum P(X)=1$. Thus $0.23+0.18+P(4)+\frac{2}{3}P(4)+0.015=1$, we can find that $P(4)=0.345$ and $P(6)=0.23$ The mean, variance, and standard deviation can be calculated based on formulas as the following $\mu= (0.23×1+0.18×2+0.345×4+0.23×6+0.015×9) / (0.23+0.18+0.345+0.23+0.015) = 3.485$ $\sigma^2=(0.23×(1-3.485)²+0.18×(2-3.485)²+0.345×(4-3.485)²+0.23×(6-3.485)²+0.015×(9-3.485)²) / (0.23+0.18+0.345+0.23+0.015) = 3.82$ $\sigma=\sqrt {\sigma^2}=1.95$
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