GRE Subject Test: Chemistry › Variance and Standard Deviation
We have two independent, normally distributed random variables and
such that
has mean
and variance
and
has mean
and variance
. What is the probability distribution of the difference of the random variables,
?
Robert's work schedule for next week will be released today. Robert will work either 45, 40, 25, or 12 hours. The probabilities for each possibility are listed below:
45 hours: 0.3
40 hours: 0.2
25 hours: 0.4
12 hours: 0.1
What is the standard deviation of the possible outcomes?