This document provides examples of calculating probabilities for different types of random variables and probability distributions. It includes calculating probabilities for discrete, continuous, normal, and uniform random variables. It also includes finding the mean and standard deviation for some of the random variables. The document contains 11 problems of this nature.
This document provides examples of calculating probabilities for different types of random variables and probability distributions. It includes calculating probabilities for discrete, continuous, normal, and uniform random variables. It also includes finding the mean and standard deviation for some of the random variables. The document contains 11 problems of this nature.
This document provides examples of calculating probabilities for different types of random variables and probability distributions. It includes calculating probabilities for discrete, continuous, normal, and uniform random variables. It also includes finding the mean and standard deviation for some of the random variables. The document contains 11 problems of this nature.
This document provides examples of calculating probabilities for different types of random variables and probability distributions. It includes calculating probabilities for discrete, continuous, normal, and uniform random variables. It also includes finding the mean and standard deviation for some of the random variables. The document contains 11 problems of this nature.
1. The following table gives the probability distribution of a discrete random variable x X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 P(x) 0.11 0.19 0.28 0.15 0.12 0.09 0.06
Find the following probabilities: a. P (x = 3) (0.15) b. P (x 2) (0.58) c. P (x 4) (0.27) d. P (1 x 4) (0.74)
2. The following table gives the probability distribution of a discrete random variable x
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 P (x) 0.03 0.17 0.22 0.31 0.15 0.12
Find the following probabilities: a. probability that x assumes a value less than 3 (0.42) b. probability that x assumes a value greater than 3 (0.27) c. probability that x assumes a value in the interval 2 to 4 (0.68)
3. a consumer agency surveyed all 2500 families in a small town to collect data on the number of television sets owned by them. The following table lists the frequency distribution of the data collected by this agency
Number of TV sets owned 0 1 2 3 4 Number of families 120 970 730 410 270
a. construct a probability distribution table b. let x denote the number of television sets owned by a randomly selected family from this town. Find the probability: i. P (x = 1) (0.388) Control of Industrial Processes Sheet 1 Page 2
ii. P (x >2) (0.272) iii. P ( x 1) (0.436) iv. P (1 x 3) (0.844)
4. let x be the number of heads obtained in two tosses of a coin. The following table lists the probability distribution of x
X 0 1 2 P (x) 0.25 0.50 0.25
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of x (1.00, 0.71)
5. let x be a random variable that represents the number of students who are absent on a given day from a class of 25. the following table lists the probability distribution of x
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 P (x) 0.08 0.18 0.32 0.22 0.14 0.06
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of x (2.34, 1.31)
6. determine the following probabilities for the standard normal distribution: a. P (-1.83 z 2.57) (0.9613) b. P (0 z 2.02) (0.4783) c. P (z 1.48) (0.0694) d. P (0.67 z 2.49) (0.2450) e. P (z <2.12) (0.9830) f. P ( z < -1.31) ( 0.0951) g. P ( z> -0.98) ( 0.8365)
7. let x be a continuous random variable that is normally distributed with a mean of 65 and a standard deviation of 15. find the probability that x assumes a value a. less than 43 ( 0.0708) b. greater than 74 ( 0.2743 c. greater than 56 (0.7257) d. less than 71 (0.6554) Control of Industrial Processes Sheet 1 Page 3
8. let x be a continuous random variable that is normally distributed with a mean of 25 and a standard deviation of 6. find the probability that x assumes a value a. between 29 and 36 ( 0.2178) b. between 22 and 33 (0.5997)
9. let x denote the time it takes to run a road test. Suppose x is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 190 minutes and a standard deviation of 21 minutes. If one runner is selected at random, what is the probability that this runner complete this road race a. in less than 150 minutes (0.0287) b. in 205 to 245 minutes (0.2345)
10. According to the records of an electric company serving the Cairo area, the mean electric consumption for all households during winter is 1650 kilowatts per month. Assume that the monthly electric consumptions during winter by all households in this area have a normal distribution with a mean of 1650 kilowatt-hours and a standard deviation of 320 kilowatts hours a. find the probability that the monthly electric consumption during winter by a randomly selected household from this area is less than 1850 kilowatts-hour (0.7357) b. what percentage of the households in this area have a monthly electric consumption of 900 to 1340 kilowatts-hour? (15.64%)
11. The amount of time, in minutes, that a person must wait for a bus is uniformly distributed between 0 and 15 minutes, inclusive. a. What is the probability that a person waits fewer than 12.5 minutes? (0.8333) b. On the average, how long must a person wait? Find the mean, , and the standard deviation, . (7.5, 4.3) c. Ninety percent of the time, the time a person must wait falls below what value? (13.5)