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1. A shipment of 8 similar microcomputers to a retail outlet contains 3 that are defective.

If a
school makes a random purchase of 2 of these computers, find the probability distribution for the
number of defectives.
2. An attendant at a car wash is paid according to the number of cars that pass through. Suppose
the probabilities are 1/12, 1/12, ¼, ¼, , 1/6 and 1/6, respectively, that the attendant receives $7,
$9, $11, $13, $15, or $17 between 4:00PM and 5:00PM on any sunny Friday. Find the
attendant’s expected earnings for this particular period.
3. By investing in a particular stock, a person can make a profit in one year of $4000 with
probability 0.3 or take a loss of $1000 with probability 0.7. What is this person’s expected gain?

4. Let X be a random variable with the following probability distribution:

X 0 1 2 3
P(X=x) 8/27 4/9 2/9 ?

a) Find the probability that x = 3.


b) Find the mean of X.
5. The probability that a patient recovers from a delicate heart operation is 0.9. What is the
probability that exactly 5 of the next 7 patients having this operation survive?
6. From a lot of 10 missiles, 4 are selected at random and fired. If the lot contains 3 defective
missiles that will not fire, what is the probability that
a. all 4 will fire?
b. At most 2 will not fire?
c. find the mean and variance of the random variable X.
7. A certain area of the eastern United States is, on average, hit by 6 hurricanes a year. Find the
probability that for a given year the area will be hit by
a) fewer than 4 hurricanes
b) anywhere from 6 to 8 hurricanes
8. A soft-drink machine is regulated so that it discharges an average of 200 mL per cup. If the
amount of drink is normally distributed with a standard deviation equal to 15 mL,
a. what fraction of the cups will contain more than 224 mL?
b. what is the probability that a cup contains between 191 and 209 mL?
9. A research scientist reports that cats in the Philippines will live an average of 40 months when
their diets are sharply restricted and then enriched with vitamins and proteins. Assuming that the
lifetimes of such cats in the Philippines are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 6.3
months, find the probability that a given mouse will live.
a) more than 32 months
b) less than 28 months
c) between 37 and 49 months
Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
For #’s 1-4, given the following probability distribution of a random variable x
x 0 1 2 3
f(x) 0.23 0.25 0.41 0.11

1. What is the probability that X is greater than 3?


a) 0.00 b) 0.11 c) 1.00 d) 0.25

2. What is the probability that X is even?


a) 0.00 b) 0.11 c) 1.00 d) 0.25

3. What is the probability that X is odd?


a) 0.00 b) 0.11 c) 1.00 d) 0.25

4. What is the mean of X


a) 0.00 b) 0.11 c) 1.00 d) 0.25

5. In an experiment where the probability of a success is 0.3, if you are interested in the
probability of 2 successes out of 5 trials, the correct probability is
a) 0.0774. b) 0.1600. c) 0.2613. d) 0.0016.

6. Which of the following does not describe a binomial experiment?


a) The number of trials is fixed.
b) There are exactly two possible outcomes for each trial.
c) The individual trials are dependent on each other.
d) The probability of failure is the same for each trial.

7. In a binomial experiment where n is the number of trials and p is the probability of success,
then the standard deviation for the resulting binomial distribution is given by
a) np b) n 1  p c) np  1 d) np1  p 

8. The following distributions are discrete except the


a) Binomial distribution b) Hypergeometric distribution
c) Poisson distribution d) Normal distribution

For nos. 9 – 11, consider the following:


Given the following probability distribution:
X=x 0 1 2 3
P(X=x) 0.34 0.25 0.23

9. The value of P(X=2) is


a. 0.28 c. 0.15
b. 0.16 d. 0.18

10. The expected value of this probability distribution is


a. 0.5 b. 1.3 c. 1.8 d. 0.38
11. The variance of this probability distribution is
a. 1.35 c. 2.5
c. 1.16 d. 1.58
12. The following are all properties of the normal distribution EXCEPT
a. It is bell shaped
b. The total area under the curve is 1.
c. The mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 1.
d. It is symmetric about the mean µ.

13. P(Z<1.45) is equal to


a. 0.0735 c. 0.9265
b. 0.9192 d. 0.0808

14. P(Z>-0.65) is equal to


a. 0.7422 c. 0.7257
b. 0.2578 d. 0.2743

15. P(-1.03<Z<2.12) is equal to


a. 0.9830 c. 0.1515
b. 0.8485 d. 0.8315

16. There are 18 toys in a basket, of which 10 are cars and 8 are balls. A child randomly picks 3
toys without replacement. Let X be a random variable, the number of balls selected. What is the
distribution of X?
a. Binomial c. Normal
b. Poisson d. Hypergeometric

17. The basketball player Shaq makes 45% of the free throws he tries. Find the probability that in
the next 4 throws, he will make exactly 3 hits?
a. 0.2 b. 0.3 c. 0.4 d. 0.5
18. In DLSU, there are 9 candidates from 2 political parties, 5 from TAPAT and 4 from
SANTUGON, aiming for 6 Student Council positions. Assuming that all candidates are equally
qualified for the positions, find the probability that 3 TAPAT candidates and 3 SANTUGON
candidates will be elected for these positions.
a. 0.2865 b. 0.3589 c. 0.4768 d. 0.5556
19. An average of 0.8 accident per day occurs in a certain city. What is the probability that no
accident will occur in this city on given day?
a. 0.4493 b. 0.3980 c. 0.25 d. 0
20. Suppose that a random variable X has a normal distribution with mean 40 and standard
deviation 5. What is the probability that X is below 30?
a. 0.0228 a. 0.1587 c. 0.8413 d. 0.9772

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