Expected Value, variance and standard deviation
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The number of customers waiting at any given time is described in the table below.
# of Customers X 1 2 3 4 5
Probability P(X) 0.15 0.32 0.28 0.15 0.10
Compute the expectation E(X), the variance, and the standard deviation.
Please show me calculations on how it's done without using an advanced calculator. Thank you.
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The expert computes the expected value, the variance, and the standard deviation for a probability distribution.
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The number of customers waiting at any given time is described in the table below.
# of Customers X 1 2 3 4 5
Probability P(X) 0.15 0.32 0.28 0.15 0.10
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