Prescott National Bank has 6 tellers available to serve customers.  Let the random variable X be the number of tellers that are busy at 1pm on any given business day.  The following is the probability distribution of X: Value of X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Probability 0.02 0.05 0.08 0.14 0.23 0.27 0.21   Find the probability that 4 or fewer tellers are busy,  P(X < 4).  A) 0.31 B) 0.44 C) 0.52 D) 0.57 Find the mean of the random variable X,  μμ X

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Prescott National Bank has 6 tellers available to serve customers.  Let the random variable X be the number of tellers that are busy at 1pm on any given business day.  The following is the probability distribution of X:

Value of X

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Probability

0.02

0.05

0.08

0.14

0.23

0.27

0.21

 

Find the probability that 4 or fewer tellers are busy,  P(X < 4). 

A) 0.31

B) 0.44

C) 0.52

D) 0.57

Find the mean of the random variable X,  μμ X

A) 3 

B) 4.16

C) 4.88

D) 3.34

E) 3.5

Find the standard deviation of the random variable X,  σσ  X =  

A) 1.0226

B) 0.7291

C) 1.5213

D) 1.8183

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