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Transcribed Image Text:STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
OPPORTUNITY CLASS
25
26
27
28
29
P(x)
0,13
0,27
0,28
0,18
0.14
CHAPTER 1: RANDOM VARIABLES & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
STATWORK #1
C. Solve the following problems.
Name:
Student No.
Grade and Section:
Date:
1. Find the mean and standard deviation of the following probability distribution.
A, Classify each random variable as either discrete or continuous,
P(x)
1
0.15
1. The number of arrivals at an emergency room between midnight and 6 AM.
2. The weight of a box of cereal labeled "1818 ounces."
0.30
5
0.25
3. The duration of the next outgoing telephone call from a business office.
4. The number of kernels of popcorn in a 11-pound container.
5. The number of applicants for a job.
6. The time between customers entering a checkout lane at a retail store.
7. The weight of refuse on a truck arriving at a landfill,
8. The number of passengers in a passenger vehicle on a highway at rush hour,
9. The number of clerical errors on a medical chart.
7
0.30
10. The number of accident-free days in one month at a factory.
2. At a car wash, an attendant is paid according to the number of cars that are serviced
during his shift. If X is the amount of income the attendant receives aver a two-hour
period, compute the employee's expected earnings for two hours. The probability
distribution of X is shown below:
B. Determine whether or not the table is a valid probability distribution of a discrete
random variable, (VES or NO)
-2
2
4
P(x)
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.1
50
75
100
125
150
1,1
25
4,1
4.6
5.3
P(x)
1/7
2/7
2/7
1/7
1/7
P(x)
0,16
0,14
011
0.27
0,22
0.5
0,25
0,25
P(x)
-0.4
0.5
0.1
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Transcribed Image Text:3. A woman can earn 50,000 pesos in one year with a probability of 0.35 or lose 15,000 over
the same period with a probability of 0,65 by investing in the stocks of a certain
company, Compute her expected earnings from this investment.
(Amount of Gains and Loses)
P(z)
4. A company estimates that about 0,7% of their products will fail after the 1-year
warranty but within two years from the date of purchase, If this happens, the company
will pay a replacement cost Php3,500, If the company offers its customers an extended
warranty covering a period of two years for the price of Php 480, what is the company's
expected value for each extended warranty that it can sell?
(Amount of Gains and Loses)
P(z)
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