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Chapter 6: Q 33. (page 373)

Exercises 31鈥�33 refer to the following setting. Choose an American household at random and

let the random variable X be the number of cars (including SUVs and light trucks) they own.

Here is the probability distribution if we ignore the few households that own more than 5cars.

About what percentage of households have a number of cars within 2 standard deviations

of the mean?

a. 68%

b. 71%

c. 93%

d. 95%

e. 98%

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93%percentage of households have a number of cars within 2 standard deviations

of the mean.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information  

We have given probability distribution:

02

Step 2. To find the standard deviation.

The expected value is the sum of the product of the each possibility with its probability.

渭=鈭�xP(x)=0脳0.09+1脳0.36+2脳0.35+3脳0.13+4脳0.05+5脳0.02=1.75

The variance is the expected value of square deviation.

蟽2=鈭�(x-渭)2P(x)=0-1.752脳0.09+(1-1.75)2脳0.36+(2-1.75)2脳0.35+(3-1.75)2脳0.13+(4-1.75)2脳0.05+(5-1.75)2脳0.02=1.1675

The standard deviation is蟽=蟽2=1.1675鈮�1.0805

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Step 3. To find 2 standard deviations of the mean.

渭-2蟽=1.75-2(1.0805)=-0.4110渭+2蟽=1.75+2(1.0805)=3.9110

Now,

P(渭-2蟽<X<渭+2蟽)=P(-0.4110<X<3.9110)P(0鈮�X鈮�3)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)=0.09+0.36+0.35+0.13=0.93=93%

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