SOLUTION: The failure rate for taking the bar exam in central city is 35%. If 250 people take the exam, what are the mean, variance, and standard deviation for the number of failures? With e

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Question 913775: The failure rate for taking the bar exam in central city is 35%. If 250 people take the exam, what are the mean, variance, and standard deviation for the number of failures? With explanation/formulas please.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p(fail) = .35, mean = .35(250)= 87.5, Variance = .35*.65(250 ) = 56.875, sd = sqrt(56.875) = 7.5416
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