“GUESS THE

SECRET
MESSAGE”
 “GUESS THE SECRET
MESSAGE”
Try and classify the following random variables as discrete or
continuous. Each random variable is assigned a letter. Once grouped,
crack and form the "hidden words" from the letters of each group.
S Number of deaths due to AIDS
A Instruments in a shelf

A Time needed to solve a Rubik’s

cube Y Weight of worth 100 pesos pork

R The amount of rain, in inches,

that falls in a storm. L Number of Satellites orbiting the
Earth

A Number of notebooks in a
student’s bag D Volume of diesel in a trip

Y Number of gadgets in a
household W Number of channels in Royal
Cable

E Water temperature

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READY
Discrete Continuous
 PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTIONS OF

RANDOM
VARIABLES
 DISCRETE PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION
Probability Distribution is a table, graph, formula or notation which
supplies the probability of a given outcome's occurrence.

Table or formula that lists the probabilities for each outcome of

the Random Variable X.
 OF DISCRETE PROBABILTY
DISTRIBUTION

The sum of all probabilities Probabilities should be

should be 1. confined between zero (0) and
1.

P (X) = 1 0 ≤ P(X) ≤ 1
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If two coins are tossed, the possible outcomes

are HH,HT,TH or TT. If X is the random variable
for the number of head.

No head: ¼
Two heads: ¼
One head: 2/4 or ½

P(X) = ¼ + ½ + ¼ = 1
 2
Construct a probability distribution for rolling a single
die.

S={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Each outcome has a probability of 1/6.

P(X) =
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Determine whether the distributions is a discrete probability
distribution.

P (X) = 1 0 ≤ P(X) ≤ 1
X 3 6 8 X 1 2 3 4 5

P(X) -0.3 0.6 0.7 P(X) 3/10 1/10 1/10 2/10 3/10

No, it is not a discrete probability distribution, Yes, it is a discrete probability

P(X) cannot be negative distribution.
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Supposed three coins are tossed. Let X be the
random variable representing the number of
tails. Construct the probability distribution
and draw the histogram.

1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

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Box A and Box B contain 1,2,3,4. Write the probability mass function and draw the
histogram of the sum when one number from each box is taken at a time, with
replacement.

(1,1) (2,1) (3,1) (4,1)

2 3 4 5
(1,2) (2,2) (3,2) (4,2)
3 4 5 6
(1,3) (2,3) (3,3) (4,3)
4 5 6 7
(1,4) (2,4) (3,4) (4,4)
5 6 7 8
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Box A and Box B contain 1,2,3,4. Write the probability mass function and draw the
histogram of the sum when one number from each box is taken at a time, with
replacement.

1/16 2/16 3/16 4/16 3/16 2/16 1/16

PROBABILITY
 PROBABILITY FUNCTION
Describes the probability of each specific value in a random variable.
The probability distribution of a discrete random variable is called
PMF.
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The following data show the probabilities for the number of
cars sold in a given day at a car dealer store.

Find P (X ≤ 2)
P (X ≤ 2)= P (0) + P(1) + P(2)
= 0.100 + 0.150 + 0.250
= 0.500
Find P (X ≥ 7)
P(X ≥ 7) = P(7) +P(8) +P(9) +P(10)
= 0.050 + 0.040 + 0.025+ 0.015
= 0.130
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The following data show the probabilities for the number of
cars sold in a given day at a car dealer store

Find P (1 ≤ X ≤ 5)
P(1≤X≤5) = P(1)+P(2)+P(3)+P(4)+P(5)
= 0.150+0.250+0.140+0.090+0.080
= 0.710
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In a convenient store, the number of tellers (X) busy with
costumers at 12:00NN varies from day to day. Past
records indicate that the probability distribution of X is as
follows.

1. What is the probability that exactly four tellers are

busy at 12:00 noon?

P (X=4) = 0.212
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In a convenient store, the number of tellers (X) busy with costumers at
12:00NN varies from day to day. Past records indicate that the probability
distribution of X is as follows.

2. What is the probability that at least two tellers are

busy at 12:00 noon?

P(X≥2) = P(2)+P(3)+P(4)+P(5)+P(6)
=0.078+0.155+0.212+0.262+0.215
=0.922