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Polytechnic State University
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the following table, reproduced from Exercise 5.12, lists the probability distribution of the number of patients entering the emergency room during a 1-hour period at Millard Fellmore Memorial Hospital.

Calculate the mean and standard deviation for this probability distribution.
Exercise 5.12:
A review of emergency room records at rural Millard Fellmore Memorial Hospital was performed to determine the probability distribution of the number of patients entering the emergency room during a 1-hour period. The following table lists the distribution.
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a. Graph the probability distribution.
b. Determine the probability that the number of patients entering the emergency room during a randomly
selected 1-hour period is
i. 2 or more           ii. exactly 5                  iii. fewer than 3                iv. at most 1
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mea-----------n =-----------S(p-----------rob-----------*va-----------ria-----------ble-----------) =-----------0*0-----------.27-----------25+-----------1*0-----------.35-----------43+-----------2*0-----------.23-----------03+-----------3*0-----------.09-----------98+-----------4*0-----------.03-----------24+-----------5*0-----------.00-----------84+-----------6*0-----------.00-----------23 -----------=1.-----------299-----------7 v-----------ari-----------anc-----------e =-----------S(p-----------rob-----------*va-----------ria-----------ble-----------^2)------------me-----------an^-----------2 =-----------((0-----------^2)-----------*0.-----------272-----------5+(-----------1^2-----------)*0-----------.35-----------43+-----------(2^-----------2)*-----------0.2-----------303-----------+(3-----------^2)-----------*0.-----------099-----------8+(-----------4^2-----------)*0-----------.03-----------24+-----------(5^-----------2)*-----------0.0-----------084-----------+(6-----------^2)-----------*0.-----------002-----------3)------------(1.-----------689-----------)