Statistics (12th Edition)

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

Answer

$\mu=60$ $\sigma^2=24$ $\sigma=4.90$

Work Step by Step

$q=1-p=1-.6=.4$ $\mu=np=100(.6)=60$ $\sigma^2=npq=100(.6)(.4)=24$ $\sigma=\sqrt {24}=4.90$
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