Quiz 1 – M233

(Answer Key)

1. The following information concerns eighty-two children classified by age and favorite meals. Find
the probability of being 7-12 years old and preferring chicken nuggets.
Age Group (years old)
Favorite Meal Total
𝐴𝑔𝑒 ≤ 6 Ages 7-12 Ages 13-15
Hamburger 6 12 16 34
Chicken Nuggets 9 13 11 33
Fish Filet 2 5 8 15
Total 17 30 35 82
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Answer: 82

2. In relation to Problem 1, the event “preferring Hamburger” and being “13-15 years old” are

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Answer: 82

3. If A and B are two events such that 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.70, 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 0.90, and 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 0.50. Find
𝑃(𝐹).

Answer: 𝑃(𝐹) = 0.70

4. In one of the Engineering Week’s events, the event master selected you and 4 more senior students
to participate. To win the game, a participant must draw successively two marble-size balls of similar
color from a bin containing 52 balls (26 red and 26 black, and the balls are well-secured from your
view). What is the probability for you to choose two red (or black) balls?

Answer: 𝑃(𝑅𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘)=26⁄52; 𝑃(𝑅𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘) = 25⁄51;

26 25 25
then, 𝑃(2 𝑅𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 2 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘) = =
52 51 102

5. Approximately 70% of the engineering students of CET had an overload enrollment status in the
previous semester. The Discipline Committee randomly surveyed 60 students. They are interested in
l j number that had an overload enrollment status. Write the probability statement for “at least 3
students had an overload enrollment status.”

Answer: 𝑃(𝑋 = 3) + 𝑃(𝑋 = 4) + 𝑃(𝑋 = 5) + ⋯ + 𝑃(𝑋 = 60)

6. A digital scale that provides weights to the nearest gram is used by the BSCE 4A students to measure
sand for their experiment in Construction Material Testing. What is the sample space for this
experiment?

Answer: 𝑆 = {𝑥|𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 0 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟

𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒}
7. a weight exceeds 11 grams, let B denote the event that a weight is less than or equal to 15 grams, and
let C denote the event that weight is greater than or equal to 8 grams and less than 12 grams. Describe
8. In relation to Problem 6, let A denote the event that the following events:

𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑋 = 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴: 𝑋 > 11 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠
𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐵: 𝑋 ≤ 15 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠
𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶: 8 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 12 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠

(a) 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 Answer: 𝑆 = {0,1,2,3, ⋯ }

(b) 𝐴 ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶) Answer: 𝑆 = [𝐴 ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)] = {12,13,14,15}
(c) (𝐴 ∪ 𝐶)′ Answer: Since (𝐴 ∪ 𝐶) ≥ 8, then (≥ 8)′ = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7} ; or, 𝑋 < 8
(d) 𝐴′ Answer: Since 𝐴 > 11, then 𝑆 = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}; or 𝑋 ≤ 11

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9. The table shows the probability distribution function for the number of years that engineering
students at TSU study M233. How long is the expected overstaying period of engineering students in
M233?
X P(X = x)
0 0.12
1 0.08
2 0.17
3 0.34
4 0.14

𝐸(𝑋) = 0(0.12) + 1(0.08) + 2(0.17) + 3(0.34) + 4(0.14) = 2 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠

10. You are a sale representative for a certain company selling electronic equipment. You keep record of
the number of items you sell on a daily basis. Find
Number of
electronic
0 1 2 3
equipment
sold (S)
Time
spent for
filling out
5 5 15 20
daily sale
report (T,
minutes)
Probability 0.30 0.50 0.15 0.05

𝜇𝑆 = 0(0.30) + 1(0.50) + 2(0.15) + 3(0.05) = 0.95

11. You are representing your department to a quiz show sponsored by the Supreme Student Council.
You are caught unprepared for the do-or-die, True or False, remaining 10 questions; so your option is
to guess randomly the answer. What is the probability that you guessed:

(a) 7 questions correctly; Answer: P(X=7); B(7;0.5,10) = 0.117

(b) more than 7 questions correctly; Answer: P(X>7); 1- B(7;0.5,10) = 0.883

(c) 6 or 7 questions correctly? Answer: P(X = 6) + P(X = 7); B(6;0.5,7) + B(7;0.5,7)

= 0.205 + 0.117 = 0.322

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 Determination of Grade
Grade
Correct Answer Total Items Percentage
Mid Term Final Term
0 15 0 4.0 5
1 15 7 4.0 5
3 15 20 4.0 5
4 15 27 3.5 INC
5 15 33 3.5 INC
6 15 40 3.5 INC
7 15 47 3.5 INC
8 15 53 3.0 3.0
9 15 60 2.75 2.75
10 15 67 2.5 2.5
11 15 73 2.25 2.25
12 15 80 2.0 2.0
13 15 87 1.75 1.75
14 15 93 1.5 1.5
15 15 100 1.25 1.25