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• The number of electrical outages in a city varies from day to day. Assume that
the number of electrical outages («) in the city has the following probability
distribution
f)
0
0.8
0.15
2
3
0.01
و مرا به دو
A) The mean for the number of electrical outages is
B) The standard deviation for the number of electrical outages is

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Probability distribution are statistical function that shows all the possible outcomes of a random variable within a given range of values.

a) The mean (
\bar x) of a probability distribution of a discrete random variable is:


\bar x=\Sigma\ [xP(x)] = (0 * 0.8) + (1 * 0.15) + (2 * 0.04) + (3 * 0.01) = 0.26

b) The standard deviation (σ) of a probability distribution of a discrete random variable is:


\sigma=√( \Sigma\ [(x-\bar x)^2*P(x)])\\\\\sigma=√((0-0.26)^2*0.8+(1-0.26)^2*0.15+(2-0.26)^2*0.04+(3-0.26)^2*0.01) \\\\\sigma=0.577

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