USA Today reported that approximately 25% of all state prison inmates released on parole become repeat offenders while on parole. Suppose the parole board is examining five prisoners up for parole. Let x = number of prisoners out of five on parole who become repeat offenders. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 P(x) 0.219 0.368 0.206 0.189 0.017 0.001  (d) Compute μ, the expected number of repeat offenders out of five. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) μ = prisoners (e) Compute σ, the standard deviation of the number of repeat offenders out of five. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) σ = prisoners

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USA Today reported that approximately 25% of all state prison inmates released on parole become repeat offenders while on parole. Suppose the parole board is examining five prisoners up for parole. Let x = number of prisoners out of five on parole who become repeat offenders. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 P(x) 0.219 0.368 0.206 0.189 0.017 0.001  (d) Compute μ, the expected number of repeat offenders out of five. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) μ = prisoners (e) Compute σ, the standard deviation of the number of repeat offenders out of five. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) σ = prisoners

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