Question 6 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)
The owner of a local movie theater keeps track of the number of tickets sold in each purchase and makes a probability distribution based on these records. Let X represent the number of tickets bought in one purchase. The distribution for X is given in the table.
Answer
A
The number of tickets purchased typically varies from the expected value by 0.95 tickets.
B
If many, many purchases are made, the expected number of tickets purchased is 2.1.
C
The mean number of tickets purchased typically varies from the expected value by 0.95 tickets.
D
The mean number of tickets purchased typically varies from the expected value by 0.89 tickets.