SOLUTION: A coin is tossed 72 times. Find the standard deviation for the number of heads that will be tossed.

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Question 984620: A coin is tossed 72 times. Find the standard deviation for the number of heads that will be tossed.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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For a proportion, the standard deivation is sigma=sqrt%28%28pq%29%2FN%29
In this case,
sigma=sqrt%28%28%280.5%29%280.5%29%29%2F72%29
sigma=0.0589