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29 May, 12:20

About 2% of the population has a particular genetic mutation. 600 people are randomly selected. find the standard deviation for the number of people with the genetic mutation in such groups of 600. round answer to 4 decimal places.

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  1. 29 May, 12:26
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    The standard deviation is 0.4801.

    To find the standard deviation we use the formula:

    s = √n (p) (1-p), where n is the sample size and p is the probability.

    Using this, we have:

    s = √600 (0.02) (1-0.02) = √600 (0.02) (0.98) = 0.4801.
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