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QuestionA fair coin is tossed six times. Find the mean, variance and standard deviations of number of heads obtained. (Round the answers upto 3 decimal places)
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STEP 1

1. The coin is fair, meaning the probability of heads (success) is p=0.5 p = 0.5 .
2. The number of trials (coin tosses) is n=6 n = 6 .
3. The distribution of the number of heads follows a binomial distribution.

STEP 2

1. Calculate the mean of the binomial distribution.
2. Calculate the variance of the binomial distribution.
3. Calculate the standard deviation of the binomial distribution.

STEP 3

The mean μ\mu of a binomial distribution is given by the formula:
μ=n×p\mu = n \times p
Substitute n=6 n = 6 and p=0.5 p = 0.5 :
μ=6×0.5=3\mu = 6 \times 0.5 = 3

STEP 4

The variance σ2\sigma^2 of a binomial distribution is given by the formula:
σ2=n×p×(1p)\sigma^2 = n \times p \times (1 - p)
Substitute n=6 n = 6 and p=0.5 p = 0.5 :
σ2=6×0.5×(10.5)=6×0.5×0.5=1.5\sigma^2 = 6 \times 0.5 \times (1 - 0.5) = 6 \times 0.5 \times 0.5 = 1.5

STEP 5

The standard deviation σ\sigma is the square root of the variance:
σ=σ2=1.51.225\sigma = \sqrt{\sigma^2} = \sqrt{1.5} \approx 1.225
The mean is:
3 \boxed{3}
The variance is:
1.5 \boxed{1.5}
The standard deviation is:
1.225 \boxed{1.225}

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