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The probability distribution of a discrete random variable x is shown in the following table:
x | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
P(x) | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
The standard deviation σ of the random variable x is about:
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