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    This document contains 7 questions related to probability and statistics. Question 1 provides data on test marks and asks to calculate quartiles, standard deviation, and mode. Question 2 provides hurricane frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, mode, and first quartile. Question 3 provides age frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, and mode. Question 4 provides NBA player weight data and asks for calculations of mode, mean, median, standard deviation, and quartiles. Questions 5-7 are multiple choice and word problems related to probability concepts such as independent and mutually exclusive events.

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    This document contains 7 questions related to probability and statistics. Question 1 provides data on test marks and asks to calculate quartiles, standard deviation, and mode. Question 2 provides hurricane frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, mode, and first quartile. Question 3 provides age frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, and mode. Question 4 provides NBA player weight data and asks for calculations of mode, mean, median, standard deviation, and quartiles. Questions 5-7 are multiple choice and word problems related to probability concepts such as independent and mutually exclusive events.

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    This document contains 7 questions related to probability and statistics. Question 1 provides data on test marks and asks to calculate quartiles, standard deviation, and mode. Question 2 provides hurricane frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, mode, and first quartile. Question 3 provides age frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, and mode. Question 4 provides NBA player weight data and asks for calculations of mode, mean, median, standard deviation, and quartiles. Questions 5-7 are multiple choice and word problems related to probability concepts such as independent and mutually exclusive events.

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    This document contains 7 questions related to probability and statistics. Question 1 provides data on test marks and asks to calculate quartiles, standard deviation, and mode. Question 2 provides hurricane frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, mode, and first quartile. Question 3 provides age frequency data and asks for calculations of median, variance, and mode. Question 4 provides NBA player weight data and asks for calculations of mode, mean, median, standard deviation, and quartiles. Questions 5-7 are multiple choice and word problems related to probability concepts such as independent and mutually exclusive events.

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    Assignment deadline 16/11/2022

    Name: ID:
    1. A probability test is marked out of 50. The marks for the class are shown below:

    Stem leaf Classes f C.f. 𝑥𝑚


    10 6 7 8
    11 0 2 3 4 7 7 7 8 9
    12 1 3 4 4 5 7
    13 1 1 2 6 6 9
    14 1 5 5 6 9
    15 0

    (i) Construct the cumulative frequency table for the distribution and draw the cumulative frequency
    curve (Ogive graph), then
    (ii) Calculate the approximate 1st quartile, standard deviation, and mode.

    2. Hurricane damage is of great concern to civil engineers. The frequencies of hurricanes affecting the east
    coast of the United States each year during a period of 70 years
    Number of hurricanes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    Frequency 2 6 10 16 19 5 7 3 1 1
    (i) Prepare frequency distribution table.
    (ii) Draw a bar graph for the frequency distribution.
    (iii) Calculate the median, variance, mode and the first quartile.
    3. The cumulative ages of the children at a youth camp are summarized in the following table.
    Age (year) Frequency C.f. 𝑥𝑚
    6≤𝑥<9 8
    9 ≤ 𝑥 < 12 30
    12 ≤ 𝑥 < 15 59
    15 ≤ 𝑥 < 18 64
    18 ≤ 𝑥 < 21 70

    (i) Construct the cumulative frequency table for the distribution and draw the cumulative frequency
    curve (Ogive graph)
    (ii) Calculate the approximate median, variance, and mode.

    4. The weights of the NBA’s top 50 players are:


    165 225 270 230 195 250 260 220 210 240
    202 230 210 220 210 250 230 205 295 260
    215 175 180 225 245 240 210 230 265 250
    225 240 240 195 210 215 250 245 235 215
    260 185 230 210 190 230 260 190 210 325
    (i) Use it to construct a frequency distribution with 6 classes.
    (ii) Use cumulative relative frequencies to draw the Ogive for this data set.
    (iii) Find the approximate mode, the mean, the median and the sample standard deviation of the data.
    (iv) Find the approximate 1st quartile, 3rd quartile and interquartile range.
    5. (Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions (Show solution details

    (1) Computers purchased from Simon’s Surplus will experience hard drive failures with probability
    0.3 and memory failures with probability 0.2 and will experience both types of failures
    simultaneously with probability 0.1. The probability that there will be failures of either kind?

    (a) 0.51 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.35 (d) 0.4

    1 1
    (2) Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two events such that 𝑃(𝐴) = and (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵𝑐 ) = . Find 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵).
    4 6
    (a) 0.0833 (b) 0.2522 (c) 0.3333 (d) 0.6666
    1 1 1
    (3) If the three events 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 in the sample space such that 𝑃(𝐴) = 4 , 𝑃(𝐵) = and 𝑃(𝐶 ) = ,
    3 5
    find 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶) if 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 are independent

    (a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.7


    2 𝑐 1 𝑐
    (4) Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two events such that (𝐴) = 4 , 𝑃(𝐵 ) = 3 and 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ) = 6 . Find 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ).
    1 𝑐

    (a) 0.75 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.33 (d) 0.66

    6. Start by filling the shown Venn-diagram for the following case


    A class contains 100 students. 30 studies Math, 50 studies Structure and 25 studies Concrete. 10
    studies Math and Structure, 5 studies Math and Concrete, 12 studies Structure and Concrete. A
    random student is selected, what is the probability that he/she studies:
    a) only one of them?
    b) only two of them?
    c) all of them?
    d) none of them?
    e) at least one of them?
    f) at most one of them?

    10 8
    7. Let 𝐴 and 𝐵 be two events in 𝑆 such that 𝑃(𝐴) = and 𝑃(𝐵) = .
    12 12

     Determine whether 𝐴 and 𝐵 are mutually exclusive or not? Why?


     If the events 𝐴 and 𝐵 are not mutually exclusive and 𝐵 is a subset from 𝐴 , then find 𝑃(𝐴𝑐 ∩ 𝐵 𝑐 )

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