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In a population of students, the number of calculators owned is a random variable X with P(X = 0) = 0.2,   P(X = 1) = 0.6, and P(X = 2) = 0.2. The variance of this population is:Question 4Answera.0.4b.0.63c.0d.0.5

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In a population of students, the number of calculators owned is a random variable X with P(X = 0) = 0.2,   P(X = 1) = 0.6, and P(X = 2) = 0.2. The variance of this population is:Question 4Answera.0.4b.0.63c.0d.0.5

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Para calcular la varianza de la variable aleatoria XX, primero necesitamos encontrar la media (esperanza matemática) E(X)E(X).

La media E(X)E(X) se calcula como: E(X)=(xP(X=x)) E(X) = \sum (x \cdot P(X = x))

Dado: P(X=0)=0.2 P(X = 0) = 0.2 P(X=1)=0.6 P(X = 1) = 0.6 P(X=2)=0.2 P(X = 2) = 0.2

Calculamos E(X)E(X): E(X)=00.2+10.6+20.2 E(X) = 0 \cdot 0.2 + 1 \cdot 0.6 + 2 \cdot 0.2 E(X)=0+0.6+0.4 E(X) = 0 + 0.6 + 0.4 E(X)=1 E(X) = 1

Ahora, necesitamos calcular E(X2)E(X^2): E(X2)=(x2P(X=x)) E(X^2) = \sum (x^2 \cdot P(X = x))

Calculamos E(X2)E(X^2): E(X2)=020.2+120.6+220.2 E(X^2) = 0^2 \cdot 0.2 + 1^2 \cdot 0.6 + 2^2 \cdot 0.2 E(X2)=0+0.6+40.2 E(X^2) = 0 + 0.6 + 4 \cdot 0.2 E(X2)=0+0.6+0.8 E(X^2) = 0 + 0.6 + 0.8 E(X2)=1.4 E(X^2) = 1.4

Finalmente, la varianza Var(X)Var(X) se calcula como: Var(X)=E(X2)(E(X))2 Var(X) = E(X^2) - (E(X))^2

Sustituimos los valores: Var(X)=1.4(1)2 Var(X) = 1.4 - (1)^2 Var(X)=1.41 Var(X) = 1.4 - 1 Var(X)=0.4 Var(X) = 0.4

Por lo tanto, la varianza de esta población es: a. 0.4

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