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Home Work 10 (Special Discrete Probability Distributions)

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Example 1
It is reported that 77% of workers aged 16 and over drive to work alone. If we choose 8 workers at
random, find the probability that:
(a) Exactly 3 drive to work alone?
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(b) More than one-half drive to work alone?
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Example 2
Forty-two percent of adult Internet users have purchased products (services) online. For a random
sample of 15 adult Internet users, if X=the number of number of internet users has purchased
products online. Find each of the following:
(a) The probability distribution of X?
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(b) The probability P (9  X  12)?
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(c) The mean, variance and standard deviation of X?
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Example 3
Transportation officials reported that, on average, 8.5 out of every 1000 airline passengers lost
luggage during their travels last year. If we randomly select 400 airline passengers, find each of:
(a) The probability distribution of the number of passengers who lost their luggage?
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(b) The probability that at most 4 passengers lost their luggage?
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Example 4
Suppose that the number of people who are smoking that enter a certain store in 10 minutes has
an approximate Poisson (3.5) distribution. If we randomly choose a period of 10 minutes and
count X= the number of smokers, find each of:
(a) The probability that the number of smokers, in 10 minutes, is at least 3 smokers?
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(b) The probability that, in 3 minutes, the number of smokers is exactly 5 smokers?
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(c) The mean (expected) value for the number of smokers in a period of 60 minutes?
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