Stat LAS 4
Stat LAS 4
Stat LAS 4
1 5
2 6
3 4
4 2
5 8
6 5
7 1
8 3
9 6
10 0
Solution:
If each of the outcomes is equally likely to occur, then the probability is:
5
5 or 0.125
40
6
6 or 0.15
40
4
4 or 0.10
40
2
2 or 0.05
40
8
8 or 0.20
40
5
5 or 0.125
40
1
1 or 0.025
40
3
3 40
or 0.075
6
6 or 0.15
40
0
0 or 0
40
Assign probability values P(X) to each value of the random variable. Since the
number of outcomes is 40, the probability will be computed using the formula
above.
Solution:
Steps Solution
1. Determine the sample space. Let B The sample space for this experiment is
represents the boy and G represents the S = {BBB, BBG, BGB, GBB, GGB, GBG,
girl. BGG, GGG}.
2. Count the number of boys in each
outcome in the sample space and Possible Value of the
assign this number to this outcome. Outcomes Random Variable
X (number of
boys)
BBB 3
BBG 2
BGB 2
GBB 2
GGB 1
GBG 1
BGG 1
GGG 0
sum is equal to 1. From the given example, you can see that the values of the
probability range from 0 to 1.
The probability of each value of the random variable must be between or equal
to 0 and 1. In symbol 0 < P(X) < 1.
The sum of all the probabilities of all values of the random variable must be
equal to 1. In symbol, we write it asP(X) = 1
Example 3. Determine whether the distribution below is a discrete probability
distribution.
X 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 1 1
P(X)
4 4 4 4 4
Solution:
The distribution must satisfy that each probability value P(X) must be
1. be between or equal to 0 and 1; and
2. the sum of all the values of the probabilities must be equal to 1.
By adding all the values of P(X)
1 1 1 1 1 5
Σ P(X)= + + + + =
4 4 4 4 4 4
The probability of each value of the random variable has the same
1
value which is 4 and this value lies between or equal to 0 and 1 but the sum of
its probabilities is not equal to 1. Hence, this is not a probability distribution
because P(X) ≠ 1.
III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Education Sites
Alferez, M.S. &Duro, M.A. (2006). MSA Statistics and Probability. MSA
Publishing House. Reprinted 2016.
Belecina, R. R.et.al. (2016). Statistics and Probability. First Edition. Rex Book
Store, Inc.
https://www.toppr.com/guides/maths/probability/random-variable-and-its-
probability-distribution/
Exercise 2: Determine whether the given values can serve as the values of a
probability distribution.