A company is considering drilling four oil wells. The probability of success for each well is 0.45, independent of the results for any other well. The cost of each well is $200,000. Each well that is successful will be worth $600,000. What is the standard deviation of the number of success?

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A company is considering drilling four oil wells. The probability of success for each well is 0.45, independent of the results for any other well. The cost of each well is $200,000. Each well that is successful will be worth $600,000. What is the standard deviation of the number of success? 

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