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X~N(5,9). What is its standard deviation?

Read the idea, work independently, then explain what changed.

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Revisit first: Conditions, partitions and posterior probability Distribution means, variances and dependence

Teacher preparation and assessment

40-minute lesson

Minutes	Focus	Teaching and student action
5	Predict	Predict whether replacement increases the two-red probability from a mostly-red finite bag.
8	Build the idea	Sample response: without replacement the success fraction drops after a red draw.
10	Guided comparison	Sample response: 9/25 with replacement, 3/10 without; enumerate pairs to check.
12	Independent practice and discussion	Sort scenarios by assumptions and use integer checks for reliability.
5	Exit and next step	Exit: when drawing all six objects with two reds, X=2 surely and variance is zero.

Question sequence

Predict whether replacement increases the two-red probability from a mostly-red finite bag.
Sample response: 9/25 with replacement, 3/10 without; enumerate pairs to check.

Board development

Mechanism determines model
$P(X=k)=\binom nkp^k(1-p)^{n-k}$

Expected correct and incorrect responses

Correct sample: Hypergeometric
Anticipated wrong response: Binomial without checking conditions — Uses fixed trial count alone to justify a binomial model.
Anticipated wrong response: 9 — Reads the normal variance parameter as standard deviation.
Choosing binomial from fixed n alone.
Using normal variance as its standard deviation.

Follow-up questions

Follow-up: Track the finite population without replacement. Then explain why Binomial without checking conditions fails.
Follow-up: Read the second parameter as variance. Then explain why 9 fails.
Set n=N and explain why only K successes are possible without replacement.

Remediation

Sample response: without replacement the success fraction drops after a red draw.
Return to the first example, identify the missing condition, then solve one fresh task without viewing its solution.

Exit check

Exit: when drawing all six objects with two reds, X=2 surely and variance is zero.

Assessment checklist and sample responses

Representation and conditions
No replacement changes the next success fraction, so finite count is hypergeometric.
Connected mathematical reasoning
Two red probability from three red of five is (3/5)(2/4)=3/10.
Interpretation and boundary check
Drawing the full bag with two reds gives X=2 surely and variance zero.