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In a typical children's soccer game, there is one goal scored approximately every 18 minutes. The number of goals scored follows a Poisson distribution. What would the standard deviation be for the number of goals scored in an entire game? (A game consists of two 45-minute halves.)

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Answer:2.24Step-by-step explanation:The probability formula using a Poisson distribution is:[tex]P(k\ events) = \frac{\lambda^{k}e^{-\lambda}}{k!} \\\lambda\ is\ the\ average\ number\ of\ events\ per\ interval \\e\ is\ euler's\ number \\k\ is\ the\ number\ of\ events\ you\ want\ to\ calculate[/tex]Ξ» = 90 / 18 = 5 average goals per interval (interval = a game)So if for example you were interested in the probability of making 2 goals in a gamek = 2[tex]P(k = 2) = \frac{5^{2}e^{-5}}{2!} = 0.084[/tex]This was just an example,The standard deviation is [tex]\sqrt{\lambda}[/tex][tex]\sigma = \sqrt{\lambda} \\\sigma = \sqrt{5} \\\sigma = 2.24[/tex]