Find the mean and the standard deviation of the distribution of each of the following random variables

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Find the mean and the standard deviation of the distribution of each of the following random variables (having binomial distributions):

(a) The number of heads obtained in 676 flips of a balanced coin.

(b) The number of 4's obtained in 720 rolls of a balanced die.

(c) The number of defectives in a sample of 600 parts made by a machine, when the probability is 0.04 that any one of the parts is defective.

(d) The number of students among 800 interviewed who do not like the food served at the university cafeteria, when the probability is 0.65 that any one of them does not like the food.

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Probability And Statistics For Engineers

ISBN: 9780134435688

9th Global Edition

Authors: Richard Johnson, Irwin Miller, John Freund

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