Team A and B play 13 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 are won by B and 3 end in a draw. They agree to play a tournament of 4 games. Find The standard deviation of the number of wins by A.
To find the standard deviation of the number of wins by A, we first need to find the probability of A winning each game.
Out of the 13 total games played, A won 6, B won 4, and 3 ended in a draw. This means that the total number of games won, denoted as W, is 6.
The probability of A winning a game is given by:
P(A) = Number of games won by A / Total number of games played = 6 / 13
Since they are playing a tournament of 4 games, the number of games A could potentially win, denoted as X, follows a binomial distribution with parameters n = 4 (number of games in the tournament) and p = 6/13 (probability of A winning each game).
The formula for the standard deviation of a binomial distribution is given by:
σ = sqrt(n * p * (1 - p))
Plugging in the values, we have:
σ = sqrt(4 * (6/13) * (1 - 6/13))
= sqrt(4 * (6/13) * (7/13))
= sqrt((24/13) * (7/13))
= sqrt(168/169)
= sqrt(168) / sqrt(169)
= 12/13
Therefore, the standard deviation of the number of wins by A in the tournament of 4 games is 12/13.
To find the standard deviation of the number of wins by Team A, we need to calculate the variance first. The variance is the average of the squared differences between each data point and the mean.
Step 1: Find the mean (μ) of the number of wins by A.
The number of wins by A in the 13 games is 6.
Mean (μ) = Sum of wins by A / Number of games
= 6 / 13
= 0.46 (rounded to two decimal places)
Step 2: Calculate the squared differences between each data point and the mean.
Let's denote the number of wins by A in each game as X1, X2, X3, ... X13.
Squared differences = (X1 - μ)^2, (X2 - μ)^2, (X3 - μ)^2, ... (X13 - μ)^2
The number of wins by A: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3
Squared differences = (6 - 0.46)^2, (6 - 0.46)^2, (6 - 0.46)^2, (6 - 0.46)^2, (6 - 0.46)^2, (6 - 0.46)^2, (4 - 0.46)^2, (4 - 0.46)^2, (4 - 0.46)^2, (4 - 0.46)^2, (3 - 0.46)^2, (3 - 0.46)^2, (3 -0.46)^2
Step 3: Calculate the variance.
Variance (σ^2) = Sum of squared differences / Number of games
= [(6 - 0.46)^2 + (6 - 0.46)^2 + (6 - 0.46)^2 + (6 - 0.46)^2 + (6 - 0.46)^2 + (6 - 0.46)^2 + (4 - 0.46)^2 + (4 - 0.46)^2 + (4 - 0.46)^2 + (4 - 0.46)^2 + (3 - 0.46)^2 + (3 - 0.46)^2 + (3 - 0.46)^2] / 13
Step 4: Calculate the standard deviation.
Standard deviation (σ) = √Variance
After calculating the variance in Step 3, take the square root of the variance to get the standard deviation.
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To find the standard deviation of the number of wins by Team A, we need to compute the variance first. The variance is the average of the squared differences between each observation (number of wins) and the mean (average number of wins).
Let's calculate the mean number of wins by A first.
Total number of games played = 13
Number of wins by A = 6
Mean number of wins by A = (Number of wins by A) / (Total number of games played)
= 6 / 13
= 0.46 (rounded to two decimal places)
Now, we can calculate the variance.
Step 1: Calculate the squared differences between each observation and the mean.
- For A's wins: (6 - 0.46)^2 = 33.0464
- For B's wins: (4 - 0.46)^2 = 7.3156
- For draws: (3 - 0.46)^2 = 6.3276
Step 2: Compute the sum of the squared differences.
Sum = 33.0464 + 7.3156 + 6.3276 = 46.6896
Step 3: Divide the sum by the total number of observations minus 1 (because we are using a sample).
Variance = Sum / (Total number of games played - 1)
= 46.6896 / (13 - 1)
= 46.6896 / 12
= 3.8915 (rounded to four decimal places)
Finally, we find the standard deviation by taking the square root of the variance.
Standard Deviation = √Variance
= √3.8915
≈ 1.97 (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, the standard deviation of the number of wins by Team A is approximately 1.97.