An unfair die looks like an ordinary six-sided die but the outcomes are not equally likely. The probability distribution of the face value, , is as follows:   1 2 3 4 5 6 Total   0.13 0.2 0.33 0.19 0.13 0.02 1 The expected value is computed, E[X]=3.05E[X]=3.05 . Compute the variance and standard deviation:   (Round the answer to 4 decimals)

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An unfair die looks like an ordinary six-sided die but the outcomes are not equally likely. The probability distribution of the face value, , is as follows:

  1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
  0.13 0.2 0.33 0.19 0.13 0.02 1

The expected value is computed, E[X]=3.05E[X]=3.05 . Compute the variance and standard deviation:

  (Round the answer to 4 decimals)

  (Round the answer to 2 decimals)

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