1 AND 2 1. An investor is pondering on whether to invest in a siomai franchise or in a printing press company. He had his staffanalyze the cost benefits that he would get from the two business ventures and they came up with this report.A. The siomai franchise would need Php 800 000 as capital. It has a 60-percent chance of profiting Php400 000; a 15-percent chance of profiting Php 600 000; and 25-percent chance of losing the capitalentirely.B. The paper manufacturing company would need Php 800 000 as capital. It has a 35-percent chance ofearning Php 1000 000 and a 65-percent chance of losing the capital entirely.C. Which between the two business ventures should the investor invest his Php 800 000?2. Dr. Cornie developed a test to measure Boredom. He administered it to a group of 20,000 adults. The possiblescores were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 with 7 indicating the highest tolerance for boredom. The results are shown.Complete the following table and then find the mean, variance, and standard deviation to measure boredomtolerance of the adults.Score X12467Frequency f140026003600600044001600400Probability P(X)

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