On the midnight shift, the number of patients with head trauma in an emergency room has the probability distribution shown below. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total P(x) .08 .31 .26 .20 .14 .01 1.00 (a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation. (Round your mean value to 2 decimal places and standard deviation to 3 decimal places.)
On the midnight shift, the number of patients with head trauma in an emergency room has the probability distribution shown below. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total P(x) .08 .31 .26 .20 .14 .01 1.00 (a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation. (Round your mean value to 2 decimal places and standard deviation to 3 decimal places.)
Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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On the midnight shift, the number of patients with head trauma in an emergency room has the probability distribution shown below.
x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P(x) | .08 | .31 | .26 | .20 | .14 | .01 | 1.00 |
(a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation. (Round your
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