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IB Mathematics-Analysis & Approaches SL & HL

probability distributions – 1 v2
answers on next page
4 questions ̶ progressing from ‘accessible’ to ‘discriminating’

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1. The probability of obtaining a head with a certain biased coin is . The coin
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is tossed three times. Find the probability of
(a) obtaining all heads;
(b) obtaining at least one tail. [ no calculator ]

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


following table. [ calculator allowed ]

x 1 2 3 4 5
P ( X = x) 0.3 0.08 k 0.15 .25

(a) Find the value of k.


(b) Calculate the expected value of X.

3. (a) In a group of 10 people the expected number who wear glasses is 2 and the
variance is 1.6. Find the probability that
(i) a person chosen at random from the group wears glasses;
(ii) exactly 6 people in the group wear glasses. [ calculator allowed ]
(b) In a different group of 10 people where the probability of a randomly chosen
person is wearing glasses is higher than in part (a), the probability that exactly
six people wear glasses is 0.219. Find the probability that a person chosen at
random from the group of 10 wears glasses. [ calculator allowed ]

4. A continuous random variable X has the following probability density function


 ax − bx 2 , 0  x  2
f ( x) =  [ calculator allowed ]
 0 otherwise
and it is known that E ( X ) = 1 .
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(a) Show that a = , and find the value of b.
s
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(b) Find the variance of X.

(c) If F ( x ) is the cumulative probability function such that F ( x ) =  f ( X  x )


then find F ( x ) , and verify that F ( 2 ) = 1 .

© InThinking – IB Maths:Analysis 1
IB Mathematics-Analysis & Approaches SL & HL

probability distributions – 1 v2

Answers

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1. (a) (b)
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2. (a) k = 0.22 (b) E ( X ) = 2.97

3. (a) (i) 0.2 (ii) 0.00551 (b) 0.518 or 0.678

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4. (a) b = (b) Var ( X ) = 0.2 (c) F ( x ) = x − x
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