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This document contains sample questions and answers from a chapter on continuous random variables and their probability distributions. The chapter covers key concepts like probability density functions, domains of functions, means, medians, modes and variances of random variables. Multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions test the understanding of these concepts and involve calculating probabilities, determining constants and graphing distributions.

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CH 17

This document contains sample questions and answers from a chapter on continuous random variables and their probability distributions. The chapter covers key concepts like probability density functions, domains of functions, means, medians, modes and variances of random variables. Multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions test the understanding of these concepts and involve calculating probabilities, determining constants and graphing distributions.

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Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

Multiple-choice questions
1 Which of the following graphs could not represent a probability density function? A B

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

2 If the function f(x) = 4x represents a probability density function, then which of the following could be the domain of f? A 0<x< B 0<x<
2 2
2

C 0.5 < x < 0.5 D 0 < x < 0.25 E 1 < x < 1 3 If a random variable X has probability density function

kx e f ( x) = 0
A (1 e1)1 B e1 C 1 + e1 D 1 e1 E 1

1 k otherwise 0<x<

then k is equal to:

4 If a random variable X has probability density function

3 2 x 4x + 5 f ( x) = 50 0
then the mode of X is: A 0 B 1 C 2.5 D 3.125 E 5

0 x5 x < 0 or x > 5

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

5 If a random variable X has probability density function

3 2 x 4x + 5 f ( x) = 50 0
then the mean of X is: A 0 B 1 C 2.5 D 3.125 E 5

0 x5 x < 0 or x > 5

6 The continuous random variable X has probability density function f given by where a is a constant. The value of a is: A 0 B C
1 3 1 9

D 1 E 1 7 If a random variable X has a probability density function

3 2 x +4 f ( x ) = 13 0
A 0.290 B 0.084 C 0.354 D 0.519 E 0.290

0 x 1 x < 0 or x > 1

then the variance of X is closest to:

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

8 If a random variable X has a probability density function


5e 5 x f ( x) = 0 x 0 otherwise

then the median of X is closest to A 0.5 B 0.2 C loge 2 D loge 0.4 E

log e 2 5

9 If a random variable X has a probability density function

3 3 ( x 5 x 2 + 6 x) 0 x 2 f ( x) = 8 0 otherwise
then the mode of X is closest to: A 0 B C 1 D 0.785 E 2.549

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

10 Which of the following graphs represents Pr(1 x 2), where the random variable X has a probability distribution function:

log x f ( x) = e 0
A

1< x <e otherwise


B

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

11 The continuous random variable X has probability density function f given by: E(X2) is equal to: A B
4 3 64 3

C 24 D 4 E 0.25 12 If random variable X has a mean X = 5 and a standard deviation X = 4, and Y = 2 X then: A Y = 5 and Y = 4 B Y = 3 and Y = 2 C Y = 3 and Y = 4 D Y = 3 and Y = 2 E Y = 3 and Y = 2 13 If the time between customer arrivals at a bank is a random variable X with mean of 75 seconds and a variance of 9 minutes then 95% of the times between arrivals are between: A 66 seconds and 84 seconds B 57 seconds and 93 seconds C 69 seconds and 81 seconds D 72 seconds and 78 seconds E 48 seconds and 102 seconds

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

14 The time (in minutes) between arrivals of trains at a station is a random variable X which has probability density function: The probability that Laura will have to wait less than 7 minutes for a train, given that she waits at least 5 minutes is closest to: A 0.339 B 0.493 C 0.688 D 0.948 E 0.016 15 A teacher has determined that the top 20% of students will be given an A on the mathematics examination. If the distribution of scores on the examination is a random variable X with probability density function then the minimum score required to be awarded an A is closest to: A 60 B 70 C 80 D 90 E 95

Short-answer questions (technology-free)


1 The probability density function of X is given by: f(x) =
kx 0 1 x 2 x < 1 or x > 2

a Find k. b Find Pr(1 < X < 1.5).

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

2 Check whether or not the following are probability density functions over the given range:

1 2 x +4 a f(x) = 2 0
b f(x) = 2

0 < x <1 x 0 or x 1

2x4 x < 2 or x > 4

3 The probability density function of the age of babies, X years, brought into a clinic is given by:

3 x( 2 x ) 0 < x < 2 f(x) = 4 0 otherwise


If 60 babies are brought in on a particular day, how many are expected to be less than 8 months old? 4 The probability density function of X is given by:

sin( 2 x ) 0 x f(x) = 2 0 otherwise


Find the mean, median and mode of X. 5 A random variable X has a probability density function given by:

x f(x) = 4 0

1 x 3 otherwise

a Find E(X) and Var(X). b Find the median value of X. c Find the mode of X. 6 A random variable with a uniform distribution has a probability density function given by:

1 f(x) = b a 0
a Find E(X).

a xb otherwise

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

b Find Var(X).

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

7 The probability density function for the surface area in cm 2 of a virus placed on a culture plate after 8 hours is approximately:

e x f(x) = 19 0

0< x<3 otherwise

Use this to find the probability that a culture plate has a surface area more than 2 cm 2. 8 The time taken to complete a crossword puzzle is found to be a continuous random variable with mean 35 minutes and standard deviation 10 minutes. Find an (approximate) interval for the time it takes for 95% of people to complete the puzzle.

Extended-response questions
The time it takes to complete a task (in hours) is a random variable X with probability density function where c is a constant. 1 Find the value of c. 2 Sketch the graph of this distribution. 3 Write down the most likely time taken to complete the task. 4 Find the probability that the time taken to complete the task will be: a more than 0.8 hours b between 0.4 and 0.8 hours

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Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

Answers to Chapter 16 Test A


Answers to multiple-choice questions
1 C 2 A 3 D 4 E 5 D 6 C 7 B 8 E 9 D 10 A 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 B 15 B

Answers to short-answer questions (technology-free)


1 a 2/3 b 5/12 2 a no b yes 3 15 4 5 9

, , 4 4 4
13 11 , 6 36
5

5 a b

c 3 6 a
b +a 2

11

Essential Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 CASChapter 17 Continuous random variables and their probability distributions

(b a ) 2 12

7 0.6682 to four decimal places 8 15 minutes to 55 minutes

Answers to extended-response questions


1 2
(0.6, 2.5)

25 36

3 0.6 hours 4 a b
1 8 157 216

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