Concept explainers
Let X be the random variable representing the number of hypertensive adults in Example 3.12.
Derive the probability-mass
Delineate the probability mass function of X .
Answer to Problem 1P
The probability mass function of X is given as follows:
x | |
0 | 0.72 |
1 | 0.26 |
2 | 0.02 |
Explanation of Solution
Let X be the random variable representing the number of adults.
Consider that Events A and B represent the male and female.
It is given that the probability of male adult has hypertensive as 0.1 and the probability of female adult as hypertensive as 0.2.
Here, X can take 0, 1, and 2, “0” represents that both male and female are not affected, “1” represents one adult is affected and one adult is not affected, and “2” represents that both male and female are affected.
When X=0, the probability mass function is as follows:
When X=1, the probability mass function is as follows:
When X=2, the probability mass function is as follows:
Therefore, the probability mass function is given as follows:
x | |
0 | 0.72 |
1 | 0.26 |
2 | 0.02 |
Want to see more full solutions like this?
Chapter 4 Solutions
Fundamentals of Biostatistics
- Assume that the probability that an airplane engine will fail during a torture test is 12and that the aircraft in question has 4 engines. Construct a sample space for the torture test. Use S for survive and F for fail.arrow_forwardThe conditional probability of E given that F occurs is P(EF)=___________. So in rolling a die the conditional probability of the event E, getting a six, given that the event F, getting an even number, has occurred is P(EF)=___________.arrow_forward
- Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:CengageCollege Algebra (MindTap Course List)AlgebraISBN:9781305652231Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff HughesPublisher:Cengage LearningGlencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill
- Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)AlgebraISBN:9781305071742Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem WatsonPublisher:Cengage Learning