On typical cold December weekends, 1912 customers visit a tree farm to purchase a Christmas tree. The probability that a customer is wearing a hat with a pom pom is 8%. Find the mean number for this distribution. (Round answer to one decimal place.) Find the standard deviation for this distribution. (Round answer to two decimal places.) Use the range rule of thumb to find the range of the usual number people wearing a hat with a pom pom on a given weekend. Enter answer as an interval using square-brackets only with whole numbers.

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On typical cold December weekends, 1912 customers visit a tree farm to purchase a Christmas tree. The
probability that a customer is wearing a hat with a pom pom is 8%.
Find the mean number for this distribution.
(Round answer to one decimal place.)
Find the standard deviation for this distribution.
(Round answer to two decimal places.)
Use the range rule of thumb to find the range of the usual number people wearing a hat with a pom pom on
a given weekend. Enter answer as an interval using square-brackets only with whole numbers.
usual values =
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Given,

n=1912p=0.08

The required mean number for this distribution is obtained as-

meanμ=1912×0.08=152.9

The required standard deviation for this distribution is obtained as-

Standard deviationσ=n×p×1-p=1912×0.08×1-0.08=11.8627~11.86

 

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