SOLUTION: When a California household is randomly selected, the number of televisions and the corresponding probabilities are: 0(.03);1(.15);2(.29);3(.26);4(.16); 5(.11) Verify that this qu

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Question 1070493: When a California household is randomly selected, the number of televisions and the corresponding probabilities are: 0(.03);1(.15);2(.29);3(.26);4(.16); 5(.11)
Verify that this qualifies as a probability distribution. Then find the average number of TV's per household and the standard deviation. Is it unusual for a household in California to not have a television?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it's a distribution,


First one, check.
Second one,

Check.
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So then a value of would be


This value is more than two standard deviations away from the mean.
Yes, it's unusual.

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