Four rats are selected at random from a cage of 5 male (M) and 6 female (F) rats.

If the random variable Y is

concerned with the number of female rats taken out of the cage, construct the probability distribution and
answer the questions below.
A. What is the probability that all selected rats are female?

Value of the
Possible Frequency of Probability
Random
Outcomes possible outcomes [ P(y) ]
Variable Y (y)
5
4M 0 5 C4 =5
330
60
3M and 1F 1 5 C3 × 6 C1=60
330
150
2M and 2F 2 5 C2 × 6 C2=150
330
100
1M and 3F 3 5 C1 × 6 C3=10 0
330
15
4F 4 6 C 4=15
330

330
Total 330 Total
330
15
P ( 4 )= =0.0455
330
B. What is the probability that only one of the selected rats is female?

Value of the
Possible Frequency of Probability
Random
Outcomes possible outcomes [ P(y) ]
Variable Y (y)
5
4M 0 5 C4 =5
330
60
3M and 1F 1 5 C3 × 6 C1=60
330
150
2M and 2F 2 5 C2 × 6 C2=150
330
100
1M and 3F 3 5 C1 × 6 C3=100
330
15
4F 4 6 C 4=15
330

330
Total 330 Total
330
60
P ( 1 )= =0.1818
330
C. What is the probability that at least two of the selected rats are female?

Value of the
Possible Frequency of Probability
Random
Outcomes possible outcomes [ P(y) ]
Variable Y (y)
 5
4M 0 5 C4 =5
330
60
3M and 1F 1 5 C3 × 6 C1=60
330
150
2M and 2F 2 5 C2 × 6 C2=150
330
100
1M and 3F 3 5 C1 × 6 C3=100
330
15
4F 4 6 C 4=15
330

330
Total 330 Total
330

150+100+ 15 265
P ( Y ≥ 2 )=P ( 2 ) + P ( 3 ) + P ( 4 ) = = =0.8030
330 330
D. What is the mean of the probability distribution?

Value of the Frequency

Possible Probability 2
Outcomes
Random of possible
[ P(y) ]
y ∙ P( y ) y2 y ∙ P( y )
Variable Y (y) outcomes
5
4M 0 5 0 0 0
330
60 60 60
3M and 1F 1 60 1
330 330 330
150 10 20
2M and 2F 2 150 4
330 11 11
100 10 30
1M and 3F 3 100 9
330 11 11
15 2 8
4F 4 15 16
330 11 11

330 24 60
330
330 11 11
\

24
μ=∑ y ∙ P ( y )= =2.1818
11
E. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?

Value of the Frequency

Possible Probability
Outcomes
Random of possible
[ P(y) ]
y ∙ P( y ) y
2
y 2 ∙ P( y )
Variable Y (y) outcomes
5
4M 0 5 0 0 0
330
60 60 60
3M and 1F 1 60 1
330 330 330
150 10 20
2M and 2F 2 150 4
330 11 11
100 10 30
1M and 3F 3 100 9
330 11 11
 15 2 8
4F 4 15 16
330 11 11

330 24 60
330
330 11 11

σ= √ [ ∑ y 2 ∙ P( y )]−μ2 = √ −( )
60 24 2 2 √ 21
11 11
=
11
=0.8332