Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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

Answer

$\mu=3.5$ $\sigma=\sqrt \frac{5}{2}\approx1.118$

Work Step by Step

$\mu=E(X)=\frac{5+2}{2}=3.5$ $\sigma^{2}=\frac{(5-2+1)^{2}-1}{12}=1.25$ $\sigma=\sqrt \sigma^{2}=\sqrt \frac{5}{2}\approx1.118$
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