CHAPTER 3
1. The random variable X represents the number of tests that a patient entering a hospital will have along
with the corresponding probabilities each day.
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 5/1 3/17 6/17 2/1 1/17
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a) What is the expected number of tests?
b) Find F(3)?
c) Find the standard deviation for the random variable X.
d) Find the probability that there are at least two tests per day.
2. The cummulative distribution function of some discrete random variable X is given by the following
graph.
3. Suppose X is a uniform continuous random variable over the interval [10, 60]. Find the standard
deviation of X.
4. Suppose that X has a discrete uniform distribution on the integers 2 to 5. Find V(4X).
5. Let X and Y be two discrete uniform distribution with E(X)=1, and E(Y) = 9. Find the value E(10X-Y).
6. The range of the random variable X is (1, 2, 3, 6, u), where u is unknown. If each value is equally
likely and the mean of X is 10, determine the value of u.
7. Product codes of 1, 2 or 3 letters are equally likely. What is the mean of the number of letters in 50
codes?
8. The on-line access computer service industry is growing at an extraordinary rate. Current estimates
suggest that 25% of people with home-based computers have access to on-line services. Suppose that 10
people with home-based computers were randomly and independently sampled. What is the probability
that exactly 5 of those sampled have access to on-line services at home?
9. Researchers believe that 8% of children have a gene that may be linked to a certain childhood disease.
In an effort to track 50 of these children, researchers test 900 newsborn for the presence of this gene.
What is the probability that they do not find enough subject for their study ?
11.An office has three telephone lines. At any given time, the probability that at least one line is in use is
0.8. Find the probability that, at any given time, all three are in use.
12. The probability that a person has immunity to a particular disease is 0.06. Find the mean for the
random variable X, the number who have immunity in samples of size 106.
13. Find the mean for the binomial distribution which has the values of n=33 and p=0.2. Round answer to
the nearest tenth.
14. The number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a
Poisson distribution with mean is 0.5.
a) Find the probability that there will be no accidents in a three-week period.
b) Find the standard deviation of the number of accidents in a eight-week period.
15. A naturalist leads whale watch trips every morning in March. The number of whales seen has a
Poisson distribution with a mean of 4.3. Find the probability that on a randomly selected trip, the number
of whales seen is 3.
16. Assume that the number of patients visiting a medical facility in a day is distributed as a Poisson
variables. The mean number of patients visiting is 15 per day. Find the mean number of days in a mouth
(30 days) with 14 patients visiting
17. The mumber of patients visiting a clinic that treats insect bites can be modelled as a Poisson
distribution with a rate of 3 patients per day. An extra doctor is required at the clinic, if within a 5 day
period, at least 4 days have more than 2 patients. Find the probability that an extra doctor is required.
18. An urn cotains 30 red and 20 green balls. A sample of 5 balls is selected at random, without
replacement. Find the mean and standard deviation at the number of red balls in the sample.
19. A batch contains 36 bacteria cells, in which 12 are not capable of cellular replication. Suppose you
examine 7 bacteria cells selected at random, without replacement. What is the probability that exactly 3 of
them are capable of cellular replication?
20. A quality-control engineer inspects a random sample of 3 batteries from each lot of 24 car batteries
that is ready to be shipped. If such a lot contains 6 batteries with slight defects, what is the probability that
the inspector's sample will contain only one of the batteries with defects?
21.In a manufacturing process that laminates serveral ceramic layer, 2% of the
assemblies are defective. Assume that the assemblies is independent. What is the mean number of
assemblies that need to be checked to obtain five defective assemblies?(250)
22. From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error.
a) What is the probability that 5 accounts are audited before an account in error is found?(0.027)
b) What is the probability that the first account in error occurs in the first five accounts audited? (0.141)
23. Researchers believe 55that 7% of children have a gene that may be linked to a certain childhood
disease. In an effort to track 50 of these children, researchers test 950 newborns for the presence of this
gene. What is the probability that they do not find enough subjects for their study? (0.0126)
24. From past experience it is known that 3% of accounts in a large accounting population are in error.
a. What is the probability that 5 accounts ar audited before two accounts in error are found?(0.0033)
b) What is the standard deviation of the number of accounts audited until 3 accounts in error occur?
(56.86)
c) Find the mean of the number of account audited before two accounts in error are found. (66.67)
25. A die is rolled 20 times and let X be the number of twos that come up. Find the standard deviation of
X. (1.67)
