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    Challenging Experiments:: Problem 1

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    The document presents two problems involving probability distributions. Problem 1 involves a binomial distribution with n=42 trials and a probability of success of 55.8%. It asks the reader to calculate various probabilities and properties of the distribution like the mean and variance. Problem 2 involves a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6 representing traffic accidents per month on a road. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities of observing certain numbers of accidents and compare the Poisson distribution to a binomial distribution.

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    The document presents two problems involving probability distributions. Problem 1 involves a binomial distribution with n=42 trials and a probability of success of 55.8%. It asks the reader to calculate various probabilities and properties of the distribution like the mean and variance. Problem 2 involves a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6 representing traffic accidents per month on a road. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities of observing certain numbers of accidents and compare the Poisson distribution to a binomial distribution.

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    The document presents two problems involving probability distributions. Problem 1 involves a binomial distribution with n=42 trials and a probability of success of 55.8%. It asks the reader to calculate various probabilities and properties of the distribution like the mean and variance. Problem 2 involves a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6 representing traffic accidents per month on a road. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities of observing certain numbers of accidents and compare the Poisson distribution to a binomial distribution.

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    Challenging Experiments:: Problem 1

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    The document presents two problems involving probability distributions. Problem 1 involves a binomial distribution with n=42 trials and a probability of success of 55.8%. It asks the reader to calculate various probabilities and properties of the distribution like the mean and variance. Problem 2 involves a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6 representing traffic accidents per month on a road. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities of observing certain numbers of accidents and compare the Poisson distribution to a binomial distribution.

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    Challenging Experiments:

    Problem 1: A recent national study showed that approximately 55.8% of college students have
    used Google as a source in at least one of their term papers. Let X equal the number
    of students in a random sample of size n = 42 who have used Google as a source:

    1. How is X distributed?
    2. Sketch the probability mass function (roughly).
    3. Sketch the cumulative distribution function (roughly).
    4. Find the probability that X is equal to 17.
    5. Find the probability that X is at most 13.
    6. Find the probability that X is bigger than 11.
    7. Find the probability that X is at least 15.
    8. Find the probability that X is between 16 and 19, inclusive
    9. Give the mean of X, denoted E(X).
    10. Give the variance of X.
    11. Give the standard deviation of X.
    12. Find E(4X + 51:324)
    13. Compare mean and variance

    Problem 2: (Traffic accident problem)

    The number of traffic accidents that occur on a particular stretch of road during a month follows a
    Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6.

    1. Find the probability that less than three accidents will occur next month on
    this stretch of road.
    2. Find the probability of observing exactly three accidents on this stretch of
    road next month.
    3. Find the probability that the next two months will both result in four
    accidents each occurring on this stretch of road.
    4. Check the mean and variance of the poisson distribution
    5. Plot the Poisson distribution and compare with binomial distribution

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