Determining variance and standard deviation

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The director of admissions at Kinzua University in Nova Scotia estimated the distribution of student admissions for the fall semester on the basis of past experience.

What is the expected number of admissions for the fall semester?

Compute the variance and the standard deviation of the number of admissions.

Admissions Probability

1,000 .6

1,200 .3

1,500 .1

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