A student knows correct answers to 6 questions out of 9 questions from the book. Let Y be the number of questions that can be answered correctly by the student from a sample of 5 questions asked by the professor. Find the expected value and the standard deviation of Y.

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A student knows correct answers to 6 questions out of 9 questions from the book. Let Y be the number of questions that can be answered correctly by the
student from a sample of 5 questions asked by the professor. Find the expected value
and the standard deviation of Y.  

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