document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=139730>Question 139730</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Having a lot of trouble with this. Please help and show me how so I can actually learn from all this. Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Probability<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "#1 Compute the mean number of the incidents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "#2 Compute the variance for this distribution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS- I am allowed to use Megastat on this so any direcetion there would be welcomed as well.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #102056 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=102056\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Occurrences <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Probability<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.10 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "#1 Compute the mean number of the incidents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "#2 Compute the variance for this distribution <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't have Megastat but do have a TI calculator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I enter the 0,1,2 in one list<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I enter the 0.6, 0.3, 0.1 in a parallel list<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I choose the command 1-Var Stat L1,L2 and I get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mean = 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "variance = 0.67082..^2 = 0.449999..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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