Answer: Finding and Interpreting Mean, Variance, and

Chapter 4, Problem 29E

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Problem 29E

Finding and Interpreting Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation In Exercise, find the (a) mean, (b) variance and (c) standard deviation of the binomial distribution for the given random variable, and (d) interpret the results.

Life on Mars Thirty-one percent of adults think that life existed on Mars at some point in time. You randomly select six adults and ask them whether they think life existed on Mars at some point in time. The random variable represents the number of adults who think that life existed on Mars at some point in time.

 

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QUESTION:

Problem 29E

Finding and Interpreting Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation In Exercise, find the (a) mean, (b) variance and (c) standard deviation of the binomial distribution for the given random variable, and (d) interpret the results.

Life on Mars Thirty-one percent of adults think that life existed on Mars at some point in time. You randomly select six adults and ask them whether they think life existed on Mars at some point in time. The random variable represents the number of adults who think that life existed on Mars at some point in time.

 

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We are asked to find the mean.

We have given 31% of adults think that life existed on Mars at some point in time.

You randomly select six adults and ask them whether they think life existed on Mars at some point in time.

Let  represents the number of adults who think that life existed on Mars at some point in time.

A binomial distribution represented by the following formula,

Where

Hence the mean is


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