In analyzing patient admissions at a hospital it is found that 31,469 patients were admitted in a recent year. Let the random variable s represent  the number of patient admission in one day, and assume that it has a Poisson Distribution. What is the standard deviation for the values of the random variable x? What is the variance?

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In analyzing patient admissions at a hospital it is found that 31,469 patients were admitted in a recent year. Let the random variable s represent  the number of patient admission in one day, and assume that it has a Poisson Distribution. What is the standard deviation for the values of the random variable x? What is the variance?

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