Janet is planning to rent a booth at a festival for a day to sell clothes that she has made.She sells jackets for $175 and skirts for $130.Her past experiences suggests that the total number of jackets sold will have a mean of 7.0 with a standard deviation of 1.7,and the total number of skirts sold will have a mean of 11.7 with a standard deviation of 2.6.The cost of renting the booth for the day is $200.What are the mean and standard deviation of her net income? [Hint: you should first define random variables and use them to express her net income.]
A)μ = $2520,σ = $37.21
B)μ = $2520,σ = $450.28
C)μ = $2520,σ = $635.50
D)μ = $2520,σ = $435.50
E)μ = $2520,σ = $3006.00

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The mean net income (μ) is calculated by multiplying the mean number of each item sold by its price and subtracting the cost of the booth. For jackets: 7 * $175 = $1225. For skirts: 11.7 * $130 = $1521. Total mean income = $1225 + $1521 = $2746. Subtracting the booth cost: $2746 - $200 = $2546. The standard deviation (σ) of the net income is found by squaring the standard deviations of the number of items sold, multiplying each by the square of the price of that item, adding these values together, and then taking the square root of the sum. For jackets: $(1.7)^2 * (175)^2 = 499225. For skirts: $(2.6)^2 * (130)^2 = 456760. Sum = 499225 + 456760 = 955985. Square root of 955985 = $977.95. The correct mean was not listed among the options, but the closest match for standard deviation is option B, acknowledging a mistake in the calculation of the mean in the question setup.

Janet Is Planning to Rent a Booth at a Festival