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A team plays 16 games. How does the standard deviation of its wins change if home games are won 60% of the time and away games 40%, instead of 50% each?

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An average NFL team plays 16 games (no ties). One quant assumes a 1/2 chance of winning each game and computes the standard deviation of wins, SD1. A second assumes 0.6 for home games and 0.4 for away games and computes SD2. What is SD1/SD2 to two decimals?

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