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- The ages of students in a middle school have the following probability distribution:
x | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
P(x) | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.14 |
a) What is the probability a student chosen at random is no less than 13 years old?
b) What is the mean age of the students in middle school?
c) What is the standard deviation for the ages of the students in the middle school?
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