that a cellular phone company kiosk sells X number of new phone contracts per day is shown below.   X 1 5 8 10 13 P(X) 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.15 0.05   Find the variance for this probability distribution. Only the final

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The probability that a cellular phone company kiosk sells X number of new phone contracts per day is shown below.

 

X

1

5

8

10

13

P(X)

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.15

0.05

 

Find the variance for this probability distribution. Only the final answer should be rounded-off to TWO decimal places.

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