SOLUTION: The random variable x represents the number of computer hardware help requests received at a help desk in one hour, and it has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 8.3. What

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Question 1147764: The random variable x represents the number of computer hardware help requests received at a help desk in one hour, and it has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 8.3.

What is the variance?

What is the standard deviation?

Answer by oscargut(2103)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Variance is 8.3
Standard deviation is 2.88 (rounded to 2 dp)
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