If a fair coin is tossed 25 times, the probability distribution for the number of heads, X, is given below. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the probability distribution using Excel. Enter the mean and round the standard deviation to two decimal places.   x P(x)   0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.0001 4 0.0004 5 0.0016 6 0.0053 7 0.0143 8 0.0322

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If a fair coin is tossed 25 times, the probability distribution for the number of heads, X, is given below. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the probability distribution using Excel.

  • Enter the mean and round the standard deviation to two decimal places.
  •  
x
P(x)
 
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0.0001
4
0.0004
5
0.0016
6
0.0053
7
0.0143
8
0.0322
 
 
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