Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3-5 - Discrete Uniform Distribution - Exercises - Page 79: 3-77

Answer

$\mu=E(X)=2$ $\sigma^{2}=\frac{2}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$\mu=E(X)=\frac{b+a}{2}=\frac{3+1}{2}=2$ $\sigma^{2}=\frac{(b-a+1)^{2}-1}{12}=\frac{(3-1+1)^{2}-1}{12}=\frac{2}{3}$
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