Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Discrete Random Variables - Exercises 4.50 - 4.76 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 205: 4.57a

Answer

$\mu=12.5$ $\sigma^2=6.25$ $\sigma=2.5$

Work Step by Step

$q=1-p=1-.5=.5$ $\mu=np=25(.5)=12.5$ $\sigma^2=npq=25(.5)(.5)=6.25$ $\sigma=\sqrt {6.25}=2.5$
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