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Compute the Variance and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random xx

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Compute the Variance and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable
-The random variable xx represents the number of tests that a patient entering a clinic will have along with the corresponding probabilities. Find the mean and standard deviation for the random variable xx .
xP(x) 03171517261732174117\begin{array}{l|c}\mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x}) \\\hline 0 & \frac{3}{17} \\1 & \frac{5}{17} \\2 & \frac{6}{17} \\3 & \frac{2}{17} \\4 & \frac{1}{17}\end{array}


A) mean: 1.59; standard deviation: 1.091.09
B) mean: 1.591.59 ; standard deviation: 3.723.72
C) mean: 2.522.52 ; standard deviation: 1.931.93
D) mean: 3.723.72 ; standard deviation: 2.522.52

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