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Question 1

The discrete random variableYhas the following probability mass function:p(y) = (0.25y–1) (0.75), (y= 1, 2, 3, 4, …). What isP(Y= 1)?

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0.2500


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0.7500


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0.1875


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0.0469



Question 2

The number of traffic accidents per day on a certain section of highway is thought to be a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.19 accidents. What is the standard deviation of the number of accidents?

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2.19


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4.80


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1.48


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3.14

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