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Discrete Probability Distributions

1. You flip five coins. Let the random variable x be the number of heads on all five coins.
a. List the sample space for the experiment.

b. What are the possible values for x?

c. Is the random variable, x, discrete or continuous?

d. Construct a probability distribution for this experiment.

P(x)

e. Construct a histogram for the probability distribution in the space below. Hint: The random variable
is in x-axis while P(x) is the y-axis.

2. Determine if the following are discrete or continuous random variables:

a. The speed of a taxi in kph

b. The number of bottles of softdrinks that Nene drinks each day

c. The number of family members who are working

d. The weight of an elephant

e. The time it takes to finish the worksheet in Statistics

f. The number of STEM students

g. The height of SHS teachers

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3. Construct a probability distribution for each of the following:

a. The probabilities that a student will take 0, 1, 2, or 3 exams in a week are 3/15, 6/15, 5/15, and 1/15
respectively. Let x be the number of exams taken in a week.

P(x)
b. A box contains 5 Php20 bill, 10 Php50 bill, 2 Php100 bill and 3 Php500 bill. Let x be the value of the
bill drawn from the box.

P(x)

c. A family has four children. Let x represent the number of boys.

P(x)
4. Determine if the following are probability distributions. (If no, state why).

a.

y 1 2 3 5
b. P(y) 0.2 0.4 1.1 0.8

z 10 25 30 40
c. P(z) 10% 25% 30% 40%

5. Based on the probability distribution below showing the number of times a computer hangs in a day,
answer the items that follow.
x 0 1 2 3 4

P(x) .02 .08 .11 .38

a. P(x = 2)

b. P(x < 2)

c. P(x ≤ 1)

d. P(x = 1 or x = 2)

e. P(2 ≤ x ≤ 4)
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Mean, Variance, and Expectation

1. From past experience, a company has found out that in box of chargers, 91% contain no defective charger,
4% contain one defective charger, 3% contain two defective chargers, and 2% contain three defective
chargers.
a. Construct a probability distribution.

x
P(x)
b. Calculate the mean, variance, and standard deviation for the defective transistors. Show your solution.
x P(x) x∙P(x) x2 x2∙P(x)

E(x) = E(x2) =
Mean = E(x) =

Variance = E(x2) – [E(x)]2 =

Standard Deviation = √𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 =

2. The number of suits sold per day at Suits Inc. is shown in the probability distribution below.

x 18 19 20 21 22
P(x) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1

a. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of the distribution. Show your solution.
x P(x) x∙P(x) x2 x2∙P(x)

E(x) = E(x2) =
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Mean =

Variance =

Standard Deviation =

b. If the manager of Suits Inc. wants to make sure that he has enough suits for the next four days, how
many should he buy to stock the store?

3. The Bank of San Juan manager feels that each savings account customer has, on average, three credit
cards. The following distribution represents the number of credit cards people own.

x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0.18 0.27 0.44 0.08 0.03

a. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation. Show your solution.
x P(x) x∙P(x) x2 x2∙P(x)

E(x) = E(x2) =

Mean =

Variance =

Standard Deviation =

b. Is the manager correct? Why or why not?

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Games & Expectation

1. A box contains ten Php 20 bills, five Php50 bills, three Php100 bills, one Php200 bill, and one Php500 bill.
A person is charged Php200 to select one bill. Find the expected value for this game. Is this game fair?
Show your solution.

2. When a person tosses two dice, and rolls doubles (that is the outcome of the two dice are the same, e.g.
5 and 5, 1 and 1), he wins Php5. The cost to play the game is Php1. Is this game fair? Show your solution.

3. A raffle sells 100 tickets at Php5 a piece. There is one Php500 prize, five Php100 prizes, and ten Php50
prizes. Find the expectation if a person buys one ticket. Show your solution.