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    Molave Vocational Technical School

    Mabini St., Molave, Zamboanga del Sur


    Elective Mathematics – Statistics
    RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

    Name: Date: Score:

    EXERCISES:

    1. A bakeshop owner determines the number of boxes of pandesal that are delivered
    each day. Find the mean of the probability distribution shown below. If the manager
    stated that 35 boxes of pandesal were delivere in one day, do you think that is a
    believable claim? (10 points)

    Number of Boxes Probability


    X  P(X)
    X P(X)
    35 0.10
    36 0.20
    37 0.30
    38 0.30
    39 0.10

    ∑ X∗P ( X ) =¿ ¿

    2. The probabilities of a machine manufacturing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 defective parts in one


    day are 0.75, 0.17, 0.04, 0.025, 0.01, and 0.005, respectively. Find the mean of the
    probability distribution. (10 points)

    3. What does the mean of a probability distribution tell us? How do you interpret the
    mean of a probability distribution? (5 points)
    4. Toss 5 coins with the same denomination and observe the number of heads that will
    occur. Do this experiment 20 times. Let X be a random variable representing the
    number of heads that occur. Keep track of the results and complete the table below.
    (10 points)
    Number of Frequency Relative Frequency / Approximate Probability Actual
    Heads of Probability
    (Frequency of Occurrence ÷ Total number of
    X Occurrence times the coins were tossed) P(X)
    0 1 1/20 = 0.05 0.031
    1 3 3/20 = 0.15 0.156
    2 6 6/20 = 0.3 0.313
    3 6 6/20 = 0.3 0.313
    4 3 3/20 = 0.15 0.156
    5 1 1/20 = 0.05 0.031

    Compare the approximate probability and the actual probability values. What do you can we
    should do to make the approximate probability values very close to the actual probability
    values? (5 points)

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