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Pretest and Exercise 3

This document contains 5 pre-test questions about probability distributions and concepts. The questions ask the test taker to: 1) Construct a probability distribution for drawing cards from a deck with different numbers of cards. 2) Calculate the amount someone should pay to make a dice game with a $5 payout fair. 3) Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of a probability distribution for getting a certain number of questions right on a trivia quiz. 4) Calculate the probability of passing a true/false exam by guessing and determine if this event is likely. 5) Find the probability of getting a certain number of blank sheets of paper from a print run.

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Pretest and Exercise 3

This document contains 5 pre-test questions about probability distributions and concepts. The questions ask the test taker to: 1) Construct a probability distribution for drawing cards from a deck with different numbers of cards. 2) Calculate the amount someone should pay to make a dice game with a $5 payout fair. 3) Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of a probability distribution for getting a certain number of questions right on a trivia quiz. 4) Calculate the probability of passing a true/false exam by guessing and determine if this event is likely. 5) Find the probability of getting a certain number of blank sheets of paper from a print run.

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PRE-TEST:

NAME:________________________________________________Section:__________________

Answer the following statements below. Determine what is being asked for in the following
statements.

1. Construct a probability distribution for drawing a card from a deck of 40 cards consisting of 10
cards numbered 1, 10 cards numbered 2, 15 cards numbered 3, and 5 cards numbered 4.

2. If a person rolls doubles when she tosses two dice, she wins $5. For the game to be fair, how
much should she pay to play the game?

3. The probabilities that a player will get 5 to 10 questions right on a trivia quiz are shown below.
Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation for the distribution.

X 5 6 7 8 9 10

P(X) 0.05 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.15 0.1

4. A student takes a 20-question, true/false exam and guesses on each question. Find the
probability of passing if the lowest passing grade is 15 correct out of 20. Would you consider this
event likely to occur? Explain your answer.

5. A copy machine randomly puts out 10 blank sheets per 500 copies processed. Find the
probability that in a run of 300 copies, 5 sheets of paper will be blank.

Engr.Francia L. Abarientos,ME
1|P a g e
EXERCISE # 3:

NAME:________________________________________________Section:__________________

Answer the following statements below. Determine what is being asked for in the following
statements. Write your answers on the blanks provided.

1.Using the sample space for tossing two dice, construct a probability distribution for the
sums 2 through 12.

2.A person pays 2 pesos to play a certain game by rolling a single die once. If a 1 or a 2
comes up, the person wins nothing. If, however, the player rolls a 3, 4, 5, or 6, he or
she wins the difference between the number rolled and 2 pesos. Find the expectation
for this game. Is the game fair?

3. The probability that a cellular phone company kiosk sells X number of new phone
contracts per day is shown below. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation for
this probability distribution.

X 4 5 6 8 10

P(X) 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.15 0.05

4.It is reported that 77% of workers aged 16 and over drive to work alone. Choose 8
workers at random. Find the probability that a. All drive to work alone b. More than one-
half drive to work alone and c. Exactly 3 drive to work alone.

5. The average number of phone inquiries per day at the poison control center is 4. Find
the probability it will receive 5 calls on a given day. Use the Poisson approximation.

6. A CD case contains 10 jazz albums, 4 classical albums, and 2 soundtracks. Choose 3


at random to put in a CD changer. What is the probability of selecting 2 jazz albums and
1 classical album?

Engr.Francia L. Abarientos,ME
2|P a g e

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