Tips given to taxi drivers form a substantial part of their income. They also serve as a loose metric of service quality that can be useful for taxi companies. An analysis of a large dataset shows that the tips given (as a percentage of taxi fares) are normally distributed with mean 18.7% and standard deviation 5.8%. Furthermore, tips received for different trips are independent from each other. Use this information to answer the following questions. The taxi driver is scheduled to do three trips with fares $20, $30, and $40, respectively. What is the standard deviation of the tip amount the taxi driver will receive for all three trips? Answer choices:   $3.12   $3.72   $4.32   $4.92   $5.52

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Tips given to taxi drivers form a substantial part of their income. They also serve as a loose metric of service quality that can be useful for taxi companies. An analysis of a large dataset shows that the tips given (as a percentage of taxi fares) are normally distributed with mean 18.7% and standard deviation 5.8%. Furthermore, tips received for different trips are independent from each other. Use this information to answer the following questions. The taxi driver is scheduled to do three trips with fares $20, $30, and $40, respectively. What is the standard deviation of the tip amount the taxi driver will receive for all three trips?

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$3.12

 

$3.72

 

$4.32

 

$4.92

 

$5.52

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