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Problem Set 3

This document contains 14 practice problems related to discrete random variables and probability distributions including binomial, Poisson, geometric, negative binomial, hypergeometric, and more. The problems cover concepts like probability mass functions, cumulative distribution functions, mean, variance, and computing probabilities for random variables following various distributions.

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Problem Set 3

This document contains 14 practice problems related to discrete random variables and probability distributions including binomial, Poisson, geometric, negative binomial, hypergeometric, and more. The problems cover concepts like probability mass functions, cumulative distribution functions, mean, variance, and computing probabilities for random variables following various distributions.

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Practice Problem –Set 3 Probability

Discrete Random Variables

Assignment Ex. Sec title/ Page # Problems (15)


Chapter 4 Discrete Distributions
Lecture 5 Sec4.1 Random variables 2,4,5,23,25
Lecture 6 Sec 4.2 Binomial Distribution 34
Lecture 7
Sec 4.4 Mean and Variance 56,59,62,63,65

4.6,7 Poisson Process 84


4.8Geometric,multinomial,
hypergeometric distributions
Review Ex. 4.87,4.95,4.96
Tutorial and Practice Ex.
1. Two fair dice are rolled. Let X equal the product of the 2 dice. Compute the probability
mass function of the R.V. X p(X=i), i=1,2,…,36

2. The probability mass function of a random variable X is given by the following table:
x 1 3 4 7
p(x) 3k 4k 6k 7k
Find 𝑘 , 𝑉𝑎𝑟(2 − 𝑋), 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 3|𝑋 ≤ 6)

3. Suppose the distribution function of the R.V. X is given by :


0 X  5
0.3 5 X 0

a) F ( x)  0.7 0  X 1
0.9 1 X  4

1 4 X
i) Plot the cdf F(x)
ii) Find the pmf p(x) of X
iii) P(1/2 < X < 3) , 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 0) and 𝑃(𝑋 > 1)
iv) Compute 𝜇𝑋 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎𝑋 .
4. Let
k (0.6) x X  1,2,3,...., 
f ( x)  
 0 otherwise

be the pmf of the R.V X. Find k and the cdf of X, E[X] , and Var(X), hence compute
(a) E[(2+X)2]; (b) Var(4+3X)

5. A shipment of personal computers PCs has 2% defective PCs. If 10 PCs are selected at
random
a. What is the probability that at least one is defective ?
b. Find the mean number of defective PCs
Practice Problem –Set 3 Probability
Discrete Random Variables

6. Customers arrive at a service counter according to a Poisson process at an average of


20 customers per hour. Determine the probability that
i) At most 5 customers arrive during a 5-minute period.
ii) No customers arrive during a 5-minute period.
iii) If 10 such service counters are used at an office. Find the probability that at most
one service counter will have no customers during a 5-minute period.

7. Let the number of car accidents be a Poisson R.V. If the rate of car accidents in a road is
3 accidents in a day, compute
i) the probability of having no accidents in the afternoon interval (12 pm, 18 pm).
ii) the average and standard deviation of accidents in a week.
iii) the probability of having at least 6 accidents in a month.

8. A secretary makes 2 errors per page , on average. What is the probability that on the
next page she will make a) 4 or more errors , b) no errors.

9. The probability that a student passes the written test is 0.7. Find the probability that a
student will pass the test on het a) third try , b) before the fourth try.

10. Find the probability that a person flipping a coin gets


a. The third head on the seventh flip
b. The first head on the fourth flip
11. In In a championship, the team who wins 4 games of 7 is a winner. Team A has
probability 0.55 of winning over team B What is the probability that team A will win the
series in six games? What is the probability that team A will win the series? Hint. X is
negative binomial random variable.
12. In a lot of 100 items of which 12 are defective. What is the probability that in a smaple
of 10, 3 are defective. Hint. X is Hypergeometric R.V.
13. If in a manufacturing process on average ,1 every 100 item is defective. What is the
probability that the fifth item inspected is the first defective item found? Hint. X is a
geometric R.V.
14. If X is a binomial R.V. with expected value 6 and variance 2.4 , find P(X=5)

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