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Chapter 3 - Exercise 1

This document contains 14 exercises describing different probability distributions and random variables. It asks to calculate various probabilities, means, variances, and standard deviations for each distribution based on the given parameters and definitions. The exercises cover topics like the probability mass function, cumulative distribution function, binomial distribution, geometric distribution, negative binomial distribution, and discrete uniform distribution.

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Chapter 3 - Exercise 1

This document contains 14 exercises describing different probability distributions and random variables. It asks to calculate various probabilities, means, variances, and standard deviations for each distribution based on the given parameters and definitions. The exercises cover topics like the probability mass function, cumulative distribution function, binomial distribution, geometric distribution, negative binomial distribution, and discrete uniform distribution.

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Chaper 3_Exercise 1

Exercise 1: The sample space of a random experiment is a, b, c, d , e, f  , and each outcome
is equally likely. A random variable is defined as follows:
Outcome a b c d e f

X 0 0 1.5 1.5 2 3

Use the probability mass function to determine the following probabilities:


a/ P  X  1.5  b/ P  0.5  X  2.7  c/ P  0  X  2  d/ P  X  0 or X  2 

Exercise 2: Verify that the following functions are probability mass functions, and
determine the requested probabilities
x 2 1 0 1 2
f  x 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1

a/ P  X  2  b/ P  X  2  c/ P  1  X or X  2  d/ E  X  ,V  X  , X

Exercise 3: The thickness of wood paneling (in inches) that a customer orders is a random
variable with the following cumulative distribution function:

 1
0, x
8

0.2, 1
x
1

F  x  
8 4
0.9, 1 3
x
 4 8
 3
1, x
 8
Determine the following probabilities:

 1  5  1
a/ P  X   b/ P  X   c/ P  X   d/ E  X  ,V  X  , X
 4  6  2
8
Exercise 4: Given f  x   .0.5x , x  1,2,3 are probability mass functions.
7
Determine the requested probabilities.
a/ P  X  1 b/ P  X  1 c/ E  X  ,V  X  , X
Exercise 5: Let the random variable X have a discrete uniform distribution on the integers
1  x  3 . Determine the mean and variance of X.
Exercise 6: Product codes of two, three, four, or five letters are equally likely. What is the
mean and standard deviation of the number of letters in the codes?
Exercise 7: Let the random variable X have a discrete uniform distribution on the integers
0  x  99 . Determine the mean and variance of X.
Exercise 8: Thickness measurements of a coating process are made to the nearest hundredth
of a millimeter. The thickness measurements are uniformly distributed with values 0.15,
0.16, 0.17, 0.18, and 0.19. Determine the mean and variance of the coating thickness for this
process.
Exercise 9: The random variable X has a binomial distribution with n = 10 and p = 0.5.
Determine the following probabilities:
a/ P  X  5  b/ P  X  2  c/ P  X  7  d/ E  X  ,V  X  , X .

Exercise 10: The phone lines to an airline reservation system are occupied 40% of the time.
Assume that the events that the lines are occupied on successive calls are independent.
Assume that 10 calls are placed to the airline.
a/ What is the probability that for exactly three calls, the lines are occupied?
b/ What is the probability that for at least one call, the lines are not occupied?
c/ What is the expected number of calls in which the lines are all occupied?
Exercise 11: A multiple-choice test contains 25 questions, each with four answers. Assume
that a student just guesses on each question.
a/ What is the probability that the student answers more than 20 questions correctly?
b/ What is the probability that the student answers fewer than 5 questions correctly?
Exercise 12: Each sample of water has a 10% chance of containing a particular organic
pollutant. Assume that the samples are independent with regard to the presence of the
pollutant. Find the probability that in the next 18 samples, exactly 2 contain the pollutant.
Exercise 13: Suppose that the random variable X has a geometric distribution with p = 0 5.
a/ Determine the following probabilities P  X  4  , P  X  5  , P  X  3

b/ Determine the mean and variance of X.


Exercise 14: Suppose that X is a negative binomial random variable with p = 0.2 and r = 4.
Determine the following:
a/ E  X  ,V  X  , X b/ P  X  3 and P  X  5  c/ P  X  5 

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