MAC 15 First, consider an 'experiment' where we will toss a fair die and let  X = the number of dots facing up. of course the possible values for X are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and each of these is equally likely. Show the probability distribution for X using the first two columns in the table below. Avoid rounding errors, show the probabilities as fractions - not as decimals. Next fill in the next two columns using fractions. Don't reduce fractions as you'll want to have a common denominator in each column.  * means multiply x  P(X = x) x * P(X = x) x^2 * P(X = x) 1       2       3       4       5       6       SUM         a) Express the Expected Value of X, also known as the mean, u, as both a reduced fraction and as a decimal   b) show your work to find variance and standard deviation in both fraction and decimal.

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First, consider an 'experiment' where we will toss a fair die and let  X = the number of dots facing up. of course the possible values for X are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and each of these is equally likely. Show the probability distribution for X using the first two columns in the table below. Avoid rounding errors, show the probabilities as fractions - not as decimals. Next fill in the next two columns using fractions. Don't reduce fractions as you'll want to have a common denominator in each column. 

* means multiply

P(X = x) x * P(X = x) x^2 * P(X = x)
1      
2      
3      
4      
5      
6      
SUM      

 

a) Express the Expected Value of X, also known as the mean, u, as both a reduced fraction and as a decimal

 

b) show your work to find variance and standard deviation in both fraction and decimal. 

 

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