Given the following discrete probability distribution,   X P (x) 100 0.25 125 0.3 150 0.45   (a). Calculate the expected value of x. (b). Calculate the variance of x. (c). Calculate the standard deviation of x.

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. Given the following discrete probability distribution,

 

X

P (x)

100

0.25

125

0.3

150

0.45

 

  • (a). Calculate the expected value of x.
  • (b). Calculate the variance of x.
  • (c). Calculate the standard deviation of x.
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