The following table shows the number of people that have either 0, 1, 2 or 3 cars registered in their name, from a sample of 311 people. x n 0 93 1 91 2 60 3 67 (a) Find the mean number of cars owned for this sample. Give your answer to at least 2 decimal places.  (b) Find the standard deviation of cars owned for this sample. Give your answer to at least 2 decimal places.

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The following table shows the number of people that have either 0, 1, 2 or 3 cars registered in their name, from a sample of 311 people.

x n
0 93
1 91
2 60
3 67

(a) Find the mean number of cars owned for this sample. Give your answer to at least 2 decimal places. 

(b) Find the standard deviation of cars owned for this sample. Give your answer to at least 2 decimal places. 

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