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a.

The expected value for the binomial distribution is as follows:

E ( x)  np (1)

Where, n is number of trials and p is probability of success.

Substitute the values in equation (1) and compute the expected value. The expected value
number of tweets with no reaction is as follows:

E ( x)  np
= 100  0.71
= 71

Therefore, the required answers is: 71 .

b.

The variance for the binomial distribution is as follows:

Var ( x)  np 1  p  (2)

Where, n is number of trials, and p is probability of success.

Substitute the values in equation (2) and obtain the variance. The variance for the number
of tweets with no reaction is as follows:

Var ( x)  np 1  p 
= 100  0.711  0.71
= 20.59

The standard deviation for the number of tweets with no reaction is as follows:

SD( x)  Var ( x)
= 20.59
= 4.54

Therefore, the required answers is: 4.54 .