Assignment # 13 (Chapters 14 17): Answer the following questions from the practice AP exam materials.

. Be sure to show work or provided full sentence explanations where necessary. 1. A computer calculates the probabilities of the five outcomes to an experiment as . 4, .5, .3, 0, & .2. The proper conclusion is that (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) the sum of the individual probabilities is 1. one of the outcomes will never occur. one of the outcomes will occur 50% of the time. all of the above are true. there is an error in the computer program. x+6 , for x = 1, 2, and 3, be the formula for a probability 24

2. Can the function f (x) = distribution explain?

3. 65% of all divorce cases cite incompatibility as the reason. If four couples file for divorce, what is the probability that (A) exactly two couples cite incompatibility (B) at least two couples cite incompatibility (C) no more than two couples cite incompatibility 4. Determine if each of the following is an application of the binomial distribution & provide an explanation: An inspection procedure at an automobile plant involves selecting a sample of cars from the assembly line and noting if there are no defects, at least one major defect, or only minor defects. As students study more for their AP Statistics exam, their chances getting an A on any given test continually improve. The teacher is interested in the probability of any given student receiving various numbers of As on the class tests. A committee of two is to be selected from among five teachers and ten students attending a meeting. What are the probabilities that the committee is two teachers, two students, or one of each? 5. Determine if each of the following is true or false & provide an explanation: The histogram of a binomial distribution with p = .5 is always symmetric no matter what n, the number of trials, is. The histogram of a binomial distribution with p = .9 is skewed right. The histogram of a binomial distribution with p = .9 is almost symmetric if n is very large.

6. [Free Response Question] Suppose you will be taking exams in English, chemistry, and statistics tomorrow. Further, you know from past experience that you have a 50% chance of getting an A on each exam. (A) (B) List all eight possibilities for earning As on the exams Let X be a random variable representing the number of As you earn. Show the probability distribution of X

7. A TV game show has the payoffs with the following probabilities: Payoff ($) 0 1000 10,000 Probability .6 .3 .1 What are the mean and standard deviation for the payoff variable? 8. At a warehouse sale 100 customers are invited to choose 1 of 100 identical boxes. Five boxes have $700 televisions sets, 25 boxes have $540 camcorders, and the rest have $260 cameras. How much should a customer be willing to pay to participate? (A) $260 (B) $352 (C) $500 (D) $540 (E) $699

9. Determine if each of the following is true or false & provide an explanation: By the law of large numbers, the mean of a random variable will get closer and closer to a specific value The standard deviation of a random variable is never negative The standard deviation of a random variable is 0 only if the random variable takes a lone single value 10. You can choose one of three boxes: Box A has 4 $5 bills and a single $100 bill Box B has 400 $5 bills and 100 $100 bills Box C has 24 $1 bills You can have box C or blindly pick one bill out of box A or box B. Which offers the greatest expected winning? (A) Box A (B) Box B (C) Box C (D) Either A or B but not C (E) All offer the same expected winning

11. Suppose you are one of 7.5 million people who send in their name for a drawing with 1 top prize of $1 million, 5 second-place prizes of $10,000, and 20 third-place prizes of $100. Is it worth the 32-cent postage it cost to send in your name? 12. Suppose we have a random variable X with the probability distribution described by k 10 k 10 the value (.37) (.63) for k = 0, , 10. What is the mean of X? k (A) 0.37 (B) 0.63 (C) 3.7 (D) 6.3 (E) None of the above 13. [Free Response Question] Player A rolls a die with 7 on four sides and 11 on two sides. Player B flips a coin with 6 on one side and 10 on the other (assume the die and coin are fairly balanced). (A) Suppose the winner is the player with the higher number showing. Explain which player you would want to be. If player A earns 25 cents for every win, how much should player B receive to make the game fair? (B) Suppose player A receives $0.70 when a 7 appears and $1.10 when an 11 appears from player B and player B receives $0.60 when the 6 shows and $1 when the 10 shows from player A. Who would you rather be explain?