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Thursday June 3rd, 2010: S C H E D U L E

The document discusses a lesson on continuous probability distributions. It provides examples of using continuous distributions to calculate probabilities for test marks being above or below certain percentages, as well as examples calculating the probability of a student taking longer or shorter than a certain time to complete a question. It includes sketches of the relevant probability density graphs.

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Thursday June 3rd, 2010: S C H E D U L E

The document discusses a lesson on continuous probability distributions. It provides examples of using continuous distributions to calculate probabilities for test marks being above or below certain percentages, as well as examples calculating the probability of a student taking longer or shorter than a certain time to complete a question. It includes sketches of the relevant probability density graphs.

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Thursday June 3rd, 2010

Mind Buster:
S Sec. 7.1 (8.1) ­ Continuous Probability
Distributions (Part 1)
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H Lesson:
E Sec. 7.1 (8.1) ­ Continuous Probability
D Distributions (Part 2)
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Extra Time:
L Time to practice new skills
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Sec. 7.1 (8.1) ­ Continuous Distributions (Part 1)

Thursday June 3rd, 2010
M 1)   Your distribution of marks in this class is evenly distributed 
  between 60% & 75%. 
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N a)   Determine the height of the distribution curve
D b)   Sketch a graph representing this distribution
   
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c)   Determine the probability that a randomly selected test mark 
will be greater than 68%.

d)   Determine the probability that a randomly selected test mark
will be between 68% and 72%
Probability Density

μ
Waiting Time
Probability Density

μ
Waiting Time
Example #1:

Mr. Pearce knows that the average time it takes a student to 
complete a question on the test is 4 minutes.  Find the 
L probability that:
E a) the next student will complete a question in greater 
than 5 minutes.
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Example #1 (Cont.):
Mr. Pearce knows that the average time it takes a student to 
complete a question on the test is 4 minutes.  Find the 
L probability that:
b) the next student will complete a question in less than 
E 3 minutes.
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N

When      x = 3     , we are finding the probability that the next 
student will complete a question in      greater      than 3 
minutes.  For      less than,     we use indirect:

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