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Winter storms are now named storms by the National Weather Service. In any given year,North Carolina has a mean of 3.2 winter storms to cross the state with a standard deviation of 1.4storms.
a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the total number of named storms to cross NorthCarolina in a typical year.
b) With a hurricane or named tropical storm, on average there are 450,000 homes that lose power.A named winter storm will cause 225,000 home to lose power across the state. Determine themean and standard deviation of the total homes that lose power in the state during a year.