A probability distribution has a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 1/3. Use Chebyshev’s inequality to approximate the probability that an outcome of the experiment lies between 10 and 14.

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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A probability distribution has a mean of 12
and a standard deviation of 1/3. Use
Chebyshev’s inequality to approximate the
probability that an outcome of the
experiment lies between 10 and 14.

A) 6

B) 0.9722

C) 0.8333

D) 0.5556

E) 0.4444

 

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