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Name: ______________________

Discrete Probability Distributions Worksheet

1. You flip four coins. Let X, the random variable, be the number of heads on all four coins.

a. List the sample space for the experiment.

b. What are the possible values for x?

c. Is the random variable, x, continuous or discrete?

d. Construct a probability distribution for this experiment.

X
P(X)

2. Determine if the following are probability distributions (if no, state why).

a. X 3 6 9 12 15
P(X) 4/9 2/9 1/9 1/9 1/9

b. X 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 3/10 1/10 1/10 2/10 3/10

c. X 20 30 40 50
P(X) 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.3

3. Determine if the following are discrete or continuous random variables:

a) The speed of a race car in mph.


b) The number of bottles of Diet Mt. Dew that Mr. Myers drinks each day.
c) The number of people that play the SC Lottery each day.
d) The weight of a rhinoceros.
e) The time it takes to complete Mr. Rich’s midterm.
a. The number of math majors at UCLA.
b. The blood pressures of patients at Lexington Medical Center.

4. Construct a probability distribution for the data:

a. A box contains 3 $1 bills, 2 $5 bills, 1 $10 bill, and 1 $20 bill.

X
P(X)

b. A family has three children. Let X represent the number of boys.

X
P(X)

5. Below is a probability distribution for the number of math failures of AHS


students.
Name: _____________________
X 0 1 2 3 4
P(X) .41 .38 .08 .02

a. P(X = 2)

b. P(X < 2)

c. P(X ≤ 2)

d. P(X ≤ 1)

e. P(X > 2)

f. P(X = 3 or X = 4)

6. Flower World determines the probabilities for the number of flower


arrangements they deliver each day.

X 6 7 8 9 10
P(X) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1

a. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation.

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b. Approximately how many arrangements should Flower World expect to deliver each week?

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