Exhibit 5-5 AMR Is a Computer-Consulting Firm. the Number of New Clients

question 89

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 5-5
AMR is a computer-consulting firm. The number of new clients that they have obtained each month has ranged from 0 to 6. The number of new clients has the probability distribution that is shown below.
-The number of electrical outages in a city varies from day to day. Assume that the number of electrical outages (x) in the city has the following probability distribution. The mean and the standard deviation for the number of electrical outages (respectively) are

• A)2.6 and 5.77
• B)0.26 and 0.577
• C)3 and 0.01
• D)0 and 0.8

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