The number of telephone calls arriving at an exchange during any given minute between noon and 1:00 P.M. on a weekday is a random variable with the following probability distribution.   x   P(x) 0   0.3 1   0 .2 2   0.2 3   0.1 4   0.1 5   0 .1   a)  Find the expected value of the random variable in the problem. b)  Also find the variance of the random variable and its standard deviation

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The number of telephone calls arriving at an exchange during any given minute between noon and 1:00 P.M. on a weekday is a random variable with the following probability

distribution.

 

x   P(x)

0   0.3

1   0 .2

2   0.2

3   0.1

4   0.1

5   0 .1

 

  1. a)  Find the expected value of the random variable in the problem.

  2. b)  Also find the variance of the random variable and its standard deviation.

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