The probabilities that discipline officers will discover violations of the student handbook in a certain school in a quarter are given in the following table. Number of Violations (v) Probability P(v) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 What is the variance of the probability distribution? (Input answer in 4 decimal places) type your answer... 0.3200 0.1200 0.1700 0.1200 0.1300 0.1000 0.0400

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Section12.4: Discrete Random Variables; Applications To Decision Making
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The probabilities that discipline officers will discover violations of the student handbook in a certain school in a quarter are given in the following
table.
Number of Violations (v)
Probability P(v)
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
What is the variance of the probability distribution? (Input answer in 4 decimal places)
type your answer...
0.3200
0.1200
0.1700
0.1200
0.1300
0.1000
0.0400
Transcribed Image Text:The probabilities that discipline officers will discover violations of the student handbook in a certain school in a quarter are given in the following table. Number of Violations (v) Probability P(v) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 What is the variance of the probability distribution? (Input answer in 4 decimal places) type your answer... 0.3200 0.1200 0.1700 0.1200 0.1300 0.1000 0.0400
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