Jenna goes fishing every Saturday morning. She is only allowed to catch a maximum of 22 fish each trip.

The table below displays the probability distribution of XX, the number of fish that Jenna catches in a trip.

X= \# \text{ of fish}X=# of fish 00 11 22

P(X)P(X) 0.040.04 0.320.32 0.640.64
Given that \mu_X=1.6μX=1.6 fish, find the standard deviation of the number of fish that Jenna catches.
Round your answer to two decimal places.

\sigma_X\approxσX≈

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Definition and formula

In the case of a discrete random variable XX, standard deviation — denoted as \sigma_XσX — tells us how much each
outcome typically varies from the mean. To find standard deviation:

 Square the difference between each outcome and the mean.

 Multiply those squared values by their respective probabilities.
 Add those products to get the variance.
 Take the square root of the variance to get the standard deviation.

Here's the formula for the variance:

\begin{aligned} &\phantom{=}\text{Var}(X)\\\\ &=\sigma_X^2 \\\\ &= (x_1-\mu_x)^2p_1+(x_2-

\mu_X)^2p_2+...+(x_n-\mu_X)^2 p_n \\\\ &= \sum (x_i-\mu_X)^2p_i \end{aligned}=Var(X)=σX2
=(x1−μx)2p1+(x2−μX)2p2+...+(xn−μX)2pn=∑(xi−μX)2pi

[Why don't we divide by n or n-1?]

\maroonD{a}\tealD{b}\goldD{c}\maroonD{A}\tealD{B}\goldD{C}

\begin{aligned} &\phantom{=}\dfrac{(x_1-\mu_x)^2+(x_2-\mu_X)^2+...+(x_n-\mu_X)^2 }{n} \\\\

&=\dfrac{\maroonD{A}(\maroonD{a}-\mu_x)^2}{n}+\dfrac{\tealD{B}(\tealD{b}-
\mu_x)^2}{n}+\dfrac{\goldD{C}(\goldD{c}-\mu_x)^2}{n}\\\\ &=(\maroonD{a}-
\mu_x)^2p_{\maroonD{a}} + (\tealD{b}-\mu_x)^2p_{\tealD{b}} + (\goldD{c}-
\mu_x)^2p_{\goldD{c}} \end{aligned}

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Hint #2 2/3
Calculations

X= \# \text{ of fish}X=# of fish \blueD{0}0 \greenD11 \purpleD22

P(X)P(X) \blueE{0.04}0.04 \greenE{0.32}0.32 \purpleE{0.64}0.64
Variance (given {\mu_X=1.6}μX=1.6):
\begin{aligned} &\phantom{=}\text{Var}(X)\\\\ &=\sigma^2_X\\\\ &=\sum (x_i-\mu_x)^2\cdot p_i
\\\\ &= (\blueD{0}-1.6)^2(\blueE{0.04})+(\greenD{1}-1.6)^2(\greenE{0.32}) + (\purpleD{2}-
1.6)^2(\purpleE{0.64}) \\\\ &= 0.1024+0.1152+0.1024 \\\\ &=0.32 \end{aligned}=Var(X)=σX2=∑(xi
−μx)2⋅pi=(0−1.6)2(0.04)+(1−1.6)2(0.32)+(2−1.6)2(0.64)=0.1024+0.1152+0.1024=0.32

Standard deviation:

\sigma_X=\sqrt{\text{Var}(X)}=\sqrt{0.32}\approx0.566σX=Var(X)=0.32≈0.566
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