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Your company, Sonic Video, Inc., has conducted research that shows the following probability distribution, where X is the number of video arcades in a randomly chosen city with more than 500,000 inhabitants:
a. Compute the mean, variance, and standard deviation (accurate to one decimal place). b. As CEO of Startrooper Video Unlimited, you wish to install a chain of video arcades in Sleepy City, U.S.A. The city council regulations require that the number of arcades be within the range shared by at least 75% of all cities. What is this range? What is the largest number of video arcades you should install so as to comply with this regulation?
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For a finite random variable taking on values ,
the variance of is
The standard deviation of is then the square root of the variance:
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