in a recent year , the mean number of strokes per hole for a famous golfer was approximalety 3.6 A.) find the variance and standard deviation using the fact that the variance of a possion distribution is o^2=u b) how likely is this golfer to play an 18-hole round and have more than 72 strokes?

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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in a recent year , the mean number of strokes per hole for a famous golfer was approximalety 3.6

A.) find the variance and standard deviation using the fact that the variance of a possion distribution is o^2=u

b) how likely is this golfer to play an 18-hole round and have more than 72 strokes?

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