Relax! A recent survey asked  1678  people how many hours per day they were able to relax. The results are presented in the following table. Number of Hours Frequency 0 112 1 185 2 337 3 254 4 318 5 230 6 150 7 30 8 62 Total 1678   Consider these 1678 people to be a population. Let  X  be the number of hours of relaxation for a person sampled at random from this population.   (a) Compute the mean ux. Round the answer to two decimal places. (b) Compute the standard deviation ox. Round the answer to three decimal places.

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Relax! A recent survey asked 

1678

 people how many hours per day they were able to relax. The results are presented in the following table.

Number of Hours Frequency
0
112
1
185
2
337
3
254
4
318
5
230
6
150
7
30
8
62
Total
1678

 

Consider these 1678 people to be a population. Let 

X

 be the number of hours of relaxation for a person sampled at random from this population.



 
(a) Compute the mean ux. Round the answer to two decimal places.
(b) Compute the standard deviation ox. Round the answer to three decimal places.

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