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1. A box has seven components, four are good and three are defective. Three components are selected at random
without replacement. Let Z be the number of good components.
a) Show your tree diagram. b) Find the probability distribution of Z.
2. A box contains 11 grey and 8 white bags. Two bags were taken from the box, without returning of the first bag
before taking the second bag. Find
a) P(exactly two white bags). b) P(two bags with different colour).
c) P(at most one grey bag).
3. The number of adults living in homes on a randomly selected city block is described by the following probability
distribution. What is the probability that 4 or more adults reside at a randomly selected home?
Number of adults, x 1 2 3 4 or more
P( X = x) 0.25 0.50 0.15 p
4. In a recent little league softball game, each player went to bat 4 times. The number of hits made by each player is
described by the following probability distribution. What is the mean of the probability distribution?
Number of hits, x 0 1 2 3 4
P( X = x) 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.25 0.05
5. The number of adults living in homes on a randomly selected city block is described by the following probability
distribution. What is the standard deviation of the probability distribution?
Number of adults, x 1 2 3 4
P( X = x) 0.25 0.50 0.15 0.10
9. The discrete random variable X takes the values between 0 and 6 inclusive, each with a probability given by
1 | 3 − x | . Find the expected value and variance of X.
P( X = x) = −
4 16
z 0 1 2 3
1. b) P (Z = z) 1
35
12
35
18
35
4
35
28 88 116
2. a) 171 b) 171 c) 171
3. 0.1
4. 1.75
5. 0.79
8. a) 74 b) − 97 c) 20.245
9. 3, 52
0 ; y <1
3 ;1 ≤ y < 2
35
358 ; 2 ≤ y < 3
10. a) k = 35, b) F ( y ) = 15
35 ;3 ≤ y < 4
24 ;4 ≤ y < 4
35
1 y≥5
3
11. b) 7 c) 11
7 d) 26
49
0 ;x < 0
1 ;0 ≤ x < 1
4
12. a) F ( x) = 83 ;1 ≤ x < 2 b) 3
4 c) 5
8
5 ;2 ≤ y < 3
8
1 ;x ≥ 3
0 ;x < 0
x2 ;0 ≤ x < 2
14. a) 5
b) F ( x) = x3 42 8 c) 41
d) 2.448 e) 0.2263
21 − 21 ; 2 ≤ x < 3
21 42
1 ;x ≥3