The director of admissions at Kinzua University in Nova Scotia estimated the distribution of student admissions for the fall semester on the basis of past experience.   Admissions Probability 1,000 0.3 1,200 0.1 1,500 0.6   Click here for the Excel Data File a. What is the expected number of admissions for the fall semester?   b. Compute the variance and the standard deviation of the number of admissions. (Round your standard deviation to 2 decimal places.)

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The director of admissions at Kinzua University in Nova Scotia estimated the distribution of student admissions for the fall semester on the basis of past experience.
 

Admissions Probability
1,000 0.3
1,200 0.1
1,500 0.6
 


Click here for the Excel Data File

a. What is the expected number of admissions for the fall semester?

 



b. Compute the variance and the standard deviation of the number of admissions. (Round your standard deviation to 2 decimal places.)

 

 

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From the data:

Admissions (x) Probability P(x) x P(x) x2 P(x)
1000 0.3 300 300000
1200 0.1 120 144000
1500 0.6 900 1350000
    Total=1320 Total=1794000
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