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Consider the probability distribution for number of children in local families.

x P(x)
0 0.03
1 0.11
2 0.36
3 0.33
4 0.17

 

  1. Find the mean number of children in local families       ["", "", "", "", ""] 
  2. Find the standard deviation of the number of children in local families       ["", "", "", "", ""] 
  3. Would 4 children be considered a significantly high number of children?       ["", "", "", "", ""] 
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