Mathematics, 25.07.2020 06:01, ykpwincess
Suppose that the probability distribution below shows the number of colleges that children of celebrities applied to in 2018. Compute the standard deviation for the number of college applications.
x 0 2 4 6
P(x) 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
Answers: 2
![E(X) = \sum [ X * P(X = x )]\\\\ X \ \ \ \ \ \ X* P(X =x )\\ 0 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0* 0.4 = 0 \\ 2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2 * 0.3 = 0.6 \\ 4 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4 * 0.2 = 0.8\\ 6 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6* 0.1 = 0.6](/tpl/images/0712/8770/b4aae.png)
![E(X^2) = \sum [ X^2 * P(X = x )]\\\\ X \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ X^2 * P(X=x ) \\ 0 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0^2 * 0.4 = 0 \\ 2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2^2 * 0.3 = 12 \\ 4 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4^2 * 0.2 = 3.2 \\ 6 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6^2 * 0.1 = 3.6](/tpl/images/0712/8770/84660.png)
![Var (X) = E(X^2 ) -[E(X]^2](/tpl/images/0712/8770/49c4a.png)
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