The following table represents the probability of the number of cars owned by a college student. Give your answer to at least 3 decimal places.

x P(x)
0 0.5
1 0.34
2 0.12
3 0.04

a) Is this a valid discrete probability distribution?

b) Find the mean number of cars owned.  

c) Find the standard deviation of the number of cars owned.

d) Find σ2\displaystyle \sigma^{{2}} .