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The document contains 15 problems involving probability distributions of discrete random variables. Some of the problems involve determining the possible values of a random variable, computing probabilities, finding probability distribution and cumulative distribution functions, and calculating measures of central tendency and dispersion like mean, variance, and standard deviation.

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Tutorial 2

The document contains 15 problems involving probability distributions of discrete random variables. Some of the problems involve determining the possible values of a random variable, computing probabilities, finding probability distribution and cumulative distribution functions, and calculating measures of central tendency and dispersion like mean, variance, and standard deviation.

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BIC10603: SECTION4

Tutorial 2

1. Suppose that a fair coin is tossed five times independently. Let V be the number of tails
obtained on the ten tossed. Determine the possible value of V.

2. During the summer months, a rental agency keeps track of the number of speedboats
rented each day during a period of 90 days. The variable X represents the number of
speedboats rented per day. The results are shown as follow.

x 0 1 2
Number of days 45 30 15

Compute probability P(X) for each X

3. Suppose that a box contained seven red balls and three blue balls. If four balls are
selected at random without replacement, determine the probability distribution function
of the number of red balls that will be obtained.

4. Determine whether each distribution is a probability distribution

(a) x 0 5 10 15 20
P(X=x)

(b) x 1 2 3 4
P(X=x)

(c) x 2 3 7
P(X=x) 0.5
(d) x 0 2 4 6
P(X=x) -1.0 1.5 0.3 0.2

5. The probability distribution of discrete random variable X is given by

(a) Find the value of k where k is a constant


(b) Compute
(c) Compute

6. Let k be a constant and consider the probability distribution function

Find the value of k.

7. Determine the value c so that each of the following functions can serve as probability
distribution of the discrete random variable X:
(a)

(b)

8. A shipment of seven television sets contains two defective sets. A hotel makes a random
purchase of three of the sets. If x is the number of defective sets purchased by the hotel,
find
(a) the probability distribution of X.
(b) the cumulative distribution of X.
(c)
(d)
9. For the following probability distribution in Exercise 4(b), find each of the following
probabilities:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

10. A box has seven items, four good and three defective. Three items are selected at random
without replacement. Let X be the number of good items.
(a) Find the probability distribution function of X
(b) Find the cumulative distribution function of X.
(c) Suppose that we have loss of RM 20 for each defective item selected. Let the random
variable Y denote the loss. Find the probability distribution function of Y.

11. Let X denotes the number of busy server at the checkout counters in a hotel at 1 p.m. The
probability distribution function of X is

x 0 1 2 3 4
p(x) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
(a) Find the cumulative distribution function of X.
(b) Find the probability that three or more servers are busy

12. Let Z denotes a random variable with probability distribution function.

z -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(Z=z) 0.1 0.3 k 0.05 0.25 0.21

(a) What is k?.


(b) Find the cumulative distribution function of Z.
(c) Find
13. Let X be the number of heads in two tosses of a coin.
(a) Find the probability distribution function of X.
(b) Find the expected value of X.

14. The probability distribution of the discrete random variable X is

Find the mean and variance of X.

15. The probability that 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 people will be placed on hold when they call a radio
talk show is shown in the distribution

x 0 1 2 3 4
P(X=x) 0.18 0.34 0.23 0.21 0.04

Find the variance and standard deviation for the data.

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