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Chapter 1 - Lesson 3 - Illustrating The Probability Distribution of A Discrete Random Variable

The document provides examples of adding decimal numbers, fractions, and illustrates the concept of probability as the ratio of favorable outcomes to total possible outcomes. It also gives examples of calculating the probability of an event, such as getting a head when tossing a coin. Finally, it discusses key concepts related to probability distributions for discrete random variables including illustrating examples and properties.

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Chapter 1 - Lesson 3 - Illustrating The Probability Distribution of A Discrete Random Variable

The document provides examples of adding decimal numbers, fractions, and illustrates the concept of probability as the ratio of favorable outcomes to total possible outcomes. It also gives examples of calculating the probability of an event, such as getting a head when tossing a coin. Finally, it discusses key concepts related to probability distributions for discrete random variables including illustrating examples and properties.

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Add the following decimal numbers:

1. 0.1 + 0.3 = _________


2. 0.01 + 0.03 = _________
3. 0.1 + 0.03 = _________
Add the following fractions:
1 3
1. + = _________
5 5
1 5
2. + = _________
2 6
Add the following fractions:
1 3
3. + = _________
4 4
1 11
4. + = _________
3 33
is the extent to which
an event is likely to occur, measured
by the ratio of the favorable cases to
the whole number of cases possible.
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑷 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 =
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒

Tossing a coin, what is the probability of getting a head?

𝟏
𝑷 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 =
𝟐
Moral Lesson:
“Good deeds take
you up, and bad
deeds take you
down.”
Illustrating the Probability Distribution of
Discrete Random Variable and Its Properties
Illustrating the
Probabilities of
Discrete Random At the end of the lesson, I can …
Variable and Its
Properties 1. illustrate a probability
distribution of a discrete
random variable, and
2. determine the properties of
the probability distribution of
a discrete random variable.
The probability distribution of the number of outcomes in
a roll of a fair dice is …
Number in Probability Number in a roll of a
dice (X) 1 2 3 4 5 6
a roll of a of an Event
dice (X) P(X) Probability of an Event
P(X) 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6
1 1/6
2 1/6
3 1/6
4 1/6 Probability Distribution of Discrete
5 1/6 Random Variable
6 1/6
Let’s Try This!
There are three children in the family. Let X be a
random variable representing the number of
boys/girls. Assuming that boys and girls are equally
likely to be selected, illustrate the probability
distribution of the random variable X.

Number of Boys/Girls (X) 0 1 2 3


Probability P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
The probability distribution of a discrete
random variable X is a list of the possible
What is a values of X and the corresponding
probability probabilities of the values. It specifies the
distribution probability associated with each value of
the random variable.
of a discrete
random The distribution functions of discrete
variable? random variables are concentrated as a
mass for a particular value, and generally
known as Probability Mass Function.
Properties of Discrete
Probability Distribution
What are the
properties of 1. The probability of each value of the
the Probability random variable must be between or equal
Distribution of to 0 and 1. In symbol, 0 ≤ P(X) ≤ 1.
a Discrete
Random 2. The sum of all the probabilities of all
Variable? values of the random variable must be
equal to 1. In symbol, we write it as
σ 𝑃 𝑋 = 1.
Let’s Try More!

Illustrate the probability distribution of the number


of tails (Z) in a toss of two coins.

Number of Tails (Z) 0 1 2


Probability P(Z) 1/4 1/2 1/4
Let’s Try More! X 1 5 7 8 9
P(X) 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3
Determine
whether the X 0 2 4 6 8
distribution P(X) 1/6 1/6 1/3 1/6 1/6
represents a
discrete X 1 2 3 5
probability P(X) 1/4 1/8 1/4 1/8
distribution.
Explain your X 1 3 5 7
answer. P(X) 0.35 0.25 0.22 0.12
Let’s Try More!
1. P(1) = 0.08
Determine whether P(2) = 0.12
the given values can
serve as the values
P(3) = 1.03
of a probability
distribution of 2. P(1) = 10/33
variable X that can
take only the values
P(2) = 1/3
1, 2, and 3. Explain P(3) = 12/33
your answer.
I. Direction: Illustrate the probability
distribution for the given data. Use Y to
represent the random variable.
1. The probabilities that a surgeon
operates on 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 patients in any
one day are 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.20, and
0.20, respectively.

2. The probabilities that a bias die will fall


1 1 1 1 1
as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 are , , , , , and
2 6 12 12 12
1
, respectively.
12
II. Direction: Using its properties,
determine if the following are example
of a discrete probability distribution.

X 4 8 12 15 17
1.
P(X) 1/5 1/8 1/8 1/5 7/20

X 1 2 3
2.
P(X) 0 0.71 0.39

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