A company manufactures batteries in batches of 11 and there is a 3% rate of defects. Find the standard deviation for the number of defects per batch.
A) 0.1
B) 0.3
C) 0.6
D) 32

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The standard deviation for a binomial distribution is calculated using the formula √(n * p * (1-p)), where n is the number of trials (11 batteries), and p is the probability of a defect (0.03). Plugging in the values gives √(11 * 0.03 * 0.97) ≈ 0.6.

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