The Number of Bad Checks Received Per Day by a Store

question 56

Short Answer

The number of bad checks received per day by a store and the respective probabilities are shown below.

a.What is the expected number of bad checks received per day?
b.Determine the variance in the number of bad checks received per day.
c.What is the standard deviation?

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