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Exploring Random Variable Tossing Three Coins

The document discusses tossing three coins and the possible outcomes and values of the random variable Y which represents the number of tails. A random variable is defined as a way to map possible outcomes of a chance process to values and can be discrete or continuous. Examples of each are given along with a learning task classifying random variables and finding values of a random variable for tossing two coins.

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Exploring Random Variable Tossing Three Coins

The document discusses tossing three coins and the possible outcomes and values of the random variable Y which represents the number of tails. A random variable is defined as a way to map possible outcomes of a chance process to values and can be discrete or continuous. Examples of each are given along with a learning task classifying random variables and finding values of a random variable for tossing two coins.

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EXPLORING RANDOM VARIABLE

TOSSING THREE COINS

VALUE OF THE RANDOM


POSSIBLE OUTCOMES VARIABLE Y (TAIL)

TTT 3
TTH 2
THT 2
HTT 2
HHT 1
HTH 1
THH 1
HHH 0
The possible values of the random variable Y are
0,1,2,and 3.

RANDOM VARIABLE- it is a way to map possible


outcomes and it is a variable whose values are
determine by chance.
KINDS OF RANDOM VARIABLE:
1. DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE – if its set of
outcomes is countable.
Example: the number of GAS 2 students .
2. CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLE- if it takes on
values a continuous scale, Often, continuous
random variables represent measured data such
as heights, weights, and temperatures.
Example: the heights of Senior High School
students in Polong NHS.
LEARNING TASK 1
I. Classify the following random variables
as discrete or continuous .
1.The weight of newborns each year in a
hospital.
2. The speed of a car.
3.The number of female in GAS 1.
4.The amount of sugar in a cup of coffee.
5. The ave. amount of electricity consumed
per household per months.
6. The time needed to finish the test.
7.The no. of SHS students who enrolled in
PNHS.
8.The no. of teachers in Polong NHS
II. Give 5 examples for discrete random
variable and for continuous random
variable.
III. Two coins are tossed. Let x be the
random variable representing the number
of heads that occur. Find the values of
the random variable X.

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