Massachusetts Institute of Technology Handout 58 6.042J/18.062J: Mathematics for Computer Science December 8, 2000 Professors Nancy Lynch and Srinivas Devadas

Mini-Quiz 11

1. Write your name:

2. Suppose that in Florida, each of 6 million voters tosses a fair coin, independently, to decide whether to vote for Bush or Gore.

a) What is the expected number of votes for Bush?

b) What is the variance?

c) What is the standard deviation?