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  • 15-01-2019
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
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A random variable X has a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. If each value of X is multiplied by 2, what will the new mean and standard deviation be?

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LammettHash
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  • 16-01-2019

Finding the new mean is simple: If [tex]E[X]=10[/tex], then [tex]E[2X]=2E[X]=20[/tex].

Meanwhile, the standard deviation is the square root of the variance, which is given by

[tex]V[X]=E[X^2]-E[X]^2\implies V[2X]=E[(2X)^2]-E[2X]^2=4E[X^2]-(2E[X])^2[/tex]

[tex]\implies V[2X]=4\underbrace{\left(E[X^2]-E[X]^2\right)}_{V[X]}=12[/tex]

and so the new standard deviation would be [tex]\sqrt{V[2X]}=\sqrt{12}=2\sqrt3[/tex].

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