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An experiment has four outcomes with values and probability distribution give in the following table. i...

An experiment has four outcomes with values and probability distribution give in the following table.

i 1 2 3 4
Value xi 4 6 10 12
Probability Pr(xi) .1 .2 .3 .4

(a) What is the expected value?

(b) What is the standard deviation?

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Solution :

x P(x) x * P(x) x2 * P(x)
4 0.1 0.4 1.6
6 0.2 1.2 7.2
10 0.3 3 30
12 0.4 4.8 57.6
Sum 1 9.4 96.4

(a) Expected value  = = X * P(X) = 9.4

Standard deviation =

=X 2 * P(X) - 2

=  96.4 - 9.42

= 2.8355

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