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Discrete Probability Distribution

This document discusses discrete probability distributions. It provides examples of computing probabilities for random variables representing outcomes of experiments like coin flips, card draws, dice rolls, and selecting books from a shelf. The key points are: - A discrete probability distribution assigns a probability to each possible value of a random variable. - To determine probabilities, you construct a frequency distribution showing the number of occurrences of each value and calculate the probability of each value occurring. - For a distribution to be a valid probability distribution, the probabilities of all values must sum to 1.

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Discrete Probability Distribution

This document discusses discrete probability distributions. It provides examples of computing probabilities for random variables representing outcomes of experiments like coin flips, card draws, dice rolls, and selecting books from a shelf. The key points are: - A discrete probability distribution assigns a probability to each possible value of a random variable. - To determine probabilities, you construct a frequency distribution showing the number of occurrences of each value and calculate the probability of each value occurring. - For a distribution to be a valid probability distribution, the probabilities of all values must sum to 1.

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Discrete

Probability
Distribution
OBJECTIVES
 a. Determine whether a distribution
represents a probability distribution.
 b. Compute probabilities
corresponding to a given random
variable.

ANSWER ME PLEASE
1. What is the probability of getting a tail in flipping
a coin?
 2. What is the probability of getting a heart in a
single draw from a deck of card?
 3. What is the probability of getting an even number
in rolling a die?
 4. What is the probability of getting a face card in a
single draw from a deck of card?
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
A small remedial class contains 8 boys and 5
girls. If three students were selected at random
Outcomes Number of Boys
one after the other, determine the values of (Value of B)
random variable B representing the number of
boys.
Guide Questions:    
1. What are the outcomes (sample space) of    
the given problem?    
2. Complete the table.
   
3. What are the values of the random variable
B?    
4. How many 3 boys occur in the given event?    
5. How many 2 boys occur in the given event?    
   
Outcomes Number of  The table of finding the number
Boys of values of random variable is
very significant in the new topic.
(Value of B) We can make a frequency
BBB 3 distribution of the values of the
BBG 2 random variable and determine
the probability that each value of
BGB 2 the random variable will occur.
BGG 1 The resulting distribution is
GBB 2 called a probability distribution
of the discrete random variable.
GBG 1
GGB 1
GGG 0
Compute probabilities of
the given random variable.
Number of Boys Number of
Guide Questions: Occurrence
(Values of B)
1. What is the number of (frequency)
occurrence of each values 3
of random variable? 2
2. What is the probability of 1
the occurrence of each 0
value of the random Total
variable?
 Determine whether or
Outcomes Number
not the distribution
of Head
represents a probability
distribution. (Value of
 Compute for the
H)
probabilities of the HH 2
values of the random HT 1
variable. TH 1
TT 0
1. What are the properties of discrete probability distribution?
- The sum of the probabilities of a random variable is equal to one.
- Each probability value is less than or equal to one but greater than
or equal to zero.
2. How are you going to compute for the probabilities corresponding to a
given random variable?
- To compute for the probability of corresponding given random
variable, it is necessary to construct a frequency distribution of the
values of the random variable and then make a probability distribution of
the random variable by getting the probability of occurrence of each
value of the random variable.
Outcomes Number of Mathematics books
In the book shelf inside your (Value of M)
classroom there are 6 Mathematics MMMM  
books and 5 Science books. If four MMMS  
MMSM  
books were selected at random one
MMSS  
after the other, below will be the MSMM  
table of values of random variable MSMS  
M representing the number of MSSM  
Mathematics books. MSSS  
SMMM  
SMMS  
SMSM  
SMSS  
SSMM  
SSMS  
SSSM  
SSSS  
DAILY TASK
Journal #3
 I learned that __________________________________.
 I still need to clarify on
__________________________________.

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