Given That X Is a Hypergeometric Random Variable with N

question 129

Multiple Choice

Given that x is a hypergeometric random variable with N = 9, n = 3, and r = 5, compute the standard deviation of x.

• A) .745
• B) .208
• C) .556
• D) .456

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