The Probability That Pete Will Catch Fish When He Goes

question 19

Multiple Choice

The probability that Pete will catch fish when he goes fishing is .8.Pete is going to fish 3 days next week.Define the random variable x to be the number of days Pete catches fish.The variance of the number of days Pete will catch fish is

• A) .16
• B) .48
• C) .8
• D) 2.4

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