sydneelittle3851 sydneelittle3851
  • 02-07-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

Let the random variable x be equally likely to assume any of the values 1/12, 1/6, or 1/4. determine the mean and variance of x.

Respuesta :

sqdancefan
sqdancefan sqdancefan
  • 02-07-2018
The mean of x is
  (1/3)(1/12 + 1/6 + 1/4) = 1/6

The mean of the squares is
  (1/3)((1/12)² + (1/6)² + (1/4)²) = 7/216

The variance is the difference between the mean square and the square of the mean.
  7/216 -(1/6)² = 1/216

The mean of x is 1/6.
The variance of x is 1/216.
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

True or false bacteria binary fission is essentially the same process as mitosis in animals and plants.
The ________ refers to the underlying genetic structure that leads to the observ-able ________.
How would you calculate the number of nanometers in 8.1 cm
The term __________ refers to the tendency of journalists to adopt similar viewpoints toward news simply because they hang around together.
Kingdom animalia includes a major phylum known as chordata, which includes the sub-phylum vertebrata. This includes lions like the ones shown above. The remain
What evidence suggests that the inner mitochondrial membrane has evolved from a bacterial plasma membrane?
About how far inland from the supposed site of the Jamestown Fort is the fort actually located?
A normal probability/quantile plot is used to see if the distribution of a quantitative variable follows a __________ distribution.
"the human sense of smell permits us to detect _____ separate smells."
Although Mexico is bordered by ocean on two sides, there is only one beach that tourists are allowed to visit. A:true B:false