Given That $x$ Is a Hypergeometric Random Variable With $N = 10 , n = 3$

question 25

Essay

Given that $x$ is a hypergeometric random variable with $N = 10 , n = 3$ , and $r = 5$ :
a. Display the probability distribution in tabular form.
b. Compute $\mu$ and $\sigma$ for $x$ .
c. What is the probability that $x$ will fall within the interval $\mu \pm 2 \sigma$

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