Use the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 18

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the question(s) below.
IT staff for a large corporation has developed the following probability distribution for the number of calls requiring troubleshooting problems per day.

-The standard deviation of the number of calls per day is

• A) 1.31.
• B) 1.14.
• C) 2.77.
• D) 1.56.
• E) 1.21.

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