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This document provides solutions to 6 problems: 1) It finds probabilities for a discrete random variable from a provided probability distribution table. 2) It calculates probabilities for samples of American college students having Facebook accounts based on population percentages. 3) It solves problems involving a Poisson distribution to model accidents in a city. 4) It determines probabilities for bad weather or a disruptive incident occurring at an outdoor wedding reception based on given probabilities. 5) It calculates the probability that a randomly selected adult from a town has a pet given that the adult lives alone. 6) It uses Chebyshev's inequality to find the minimum percentage of a population that lives between 22 and 24, given the

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Quiz 6 Solutions

This document provides solutions to 6 problems: 1) It finds probabilities for a discrete random variable from a provided probability distribution table. 2) It calculates probabilities for samples of American college students having Facebook accounts based on population percentages. 3) It solves problems involving a Poisson distribution to model accidents in a city. 4) It determines probabilities for bad weather or a disruptive incident occurring at an outdoor wedding reception based on given probabilities. 5) It calculates the probability that a randomly selected adult from a town has a pet given that the adult lives alone. 6) It uses Chebyshev's inequality to find the minimum percentage of a population that lives between 22 and 24, given the

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Quiz 6

Solutions

Show your work for full credit. Provide the appropriate formula for all problems. 1. The following table gives the probability distribution of a discrete random variable x. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 P(x) .11 .19 .28 .15 .12 .15 xP(x) .0 .19 .56 .45 .48 .75 2.43 x2P(x) 0 .19 1.12 1.35 1.92 3.75 8.33

Find the following probabilities. a. P( x = 3) =.15 b. P( x < 2) = P( x = 0 ) + P ( x = 1 ) From the table = .11 + .19 = .3 c. P( x > 4) = P( x = 4 ) + P( x = 5 ) = .12 + .15 = .27 d. Find the mean and standard deviation of this distribution. = xP(x) = 2.43 = (x2P(x) 2) = 8.33- 2.432 = 2.45
2. According to a Harris Interactive Poll, 60% of American college graduates have Facebook accounts. Suppose that this result is true for the current population of American college graduates. a. Find the probability that exactly 9 American college students in a sample of 15 have Facebook accounts. P(x = 9) = C(15,9) *.69 *.46 = .1702 b. Find the probability that six, seven, or eight college students in a random sample of 15 have a Facebook account. P( x = 6) + P( x = 7) + P( x = 8) = .1338 + .1864 + .2020 = .5222 c. What is the mean and standard deviation of a sample size of 15 from this population? = np = 9 = npq = 4.32 3. An average of .8 accidents occur per day in a particular large city. Assume a Poisson distribution. a. Find the probability that 2 accidents occur in this city on a given day. P( x = 2) =
.8

e
x

.8 e

= .1438

x!

2!

b. Find the probability that 2 or more accidents occur in this city on a given day. P( x > 2 ) = 1 P( x < 1 ) = 1 P( x = 0) P( x = 1 ) = 1 - .4493 - .3595 = .1912 c. What is the mean and standard deviation of this distribution? = = .8 = = .8944

4. Jason and Lisa are planning an outdoor reception following their wedding. They estimate that the probability of bad weather is .25, that the probability of a disruptive incident is .15, and that the probability that both bad weather and a disruptive incident will occur is .08. a. What is the probability that their reception will suffer bad weather or a disruptive incident. Let BW be the event :bad weather and DI be the event disruptive incident

Then P( BW or DI ) = P(BW) + P(DI) P(BWDI) = .25 + .15 - .08 = .32 b. Are the events bad weather and disruptive behavior independent? Justify your answer completely. Because P(BWDI) P(BW) * P(DI), the events are dependent, or show P( BW | DI ) P ( BW )

5. Suppose that 20% of all adults in a small town live alone, and 8% of the adults live alone and have at least one pet. What is the probability that a randomly selected adult form this town has at least one pet given that this adult lives alone? P( has a pet | lives alone ) = P(has a pet lives alone) P(lives alone) = .08 .2 = .4

6. A certain population has a mean of 23 and a standard deviation of two thirds. At least what percent of the population lives between 22 and 24? 1= k means that k = 1.5 So by Chebyshev, 1 1 1.5
2

= .555 = 55.5% of population lives between 22 and 24.

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