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bunnyrabid
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Homework Statement
Given a 30% failure rate, what is the mean number of students who fail, and what is the variance? There are 8 students in the course.
Homework Equations
I think these are the correct equations:
Mean = Probability * Number of students
Variance = Sum from i=1 to 8 of pi(xi-Mean)^2
The Attempt at a Solution
So using the Mean formula I got 0.3*8=2.4
Using the variance formula I got
(0.3)(1-2.4)2+(0.3)(2-2.4)2+(0.3)(3-2.4)2+(0.3)(4-2.4)2+(0.3)(5-2.4)2+(0.3)(6-2.4)2+(0.3)(7-2.4)2+(0.3)(8-2.4)2
which is approximately equal to 23.184 (see variance formula here: wolfram alpha, then click approximate form )
Do I then square root to find the actual variance?
Thanks for any help!