The probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is given by
$X=x_i$ $0$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$
$P(X=x_i)$ $0.4$ $0.3$ $0.1$ $0.1$ $0.1$

Then the variance of $X$ is

  • A
    $1.76$
  • B
    $2.45$
  • C
    $3.2$
  • D
    $4.0$

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