Exam 5: Discrete Probability Distributions

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A production process produces 2% defective parts.A sample of five parts from the production process is selected.What is the probability that the sample contains exactly two defective parts?

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A random variable that may take on any value in an interval or collection of intervals is known as a

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A numerical description of the outcome of an experiment is called a

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The probability that Pete will catch fish when he goes fishing is .8.Pete is going to fish 3 days next week.Define the random variable x to be the number of days Pete catches fish.The probability that Pete will catch fish on exactly one day is​

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The expected value for a binomial distribution is given by equation

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The key difference between the binomial and hypergeometric distribution is that, with the hypergeometric distribution

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Experimental outcomes that are based on measurement scales such as time, weight, and distance can be described by _____ random variables.​

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The number of electrical outages in a city varies from day to day.Assume that the number of electrical outages (x) in the city has the following probability distribution. x f(x) 0 0.80 1 0.15 2 0.04 3 0.01 The mean and the standard deviation for the number of electrical outages (respectively) are

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The variance Var(x) for the binomial distribution is given by equation

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Four percent of the customers of a mortgage company default on their payments.A sample of five customers is selected.What is the probability that exactly two customers in the sample will default on their payments?

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The following represents the probability distribution for the daily demand of computers at a local store. Demand Probability 0 0.1 1 0.2 2 0.3 3 0.2 4 0.2 The expected daily demand is

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The number of customers that enter a store during one day is an example of

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The student body of a large university consists of 60% female students.A random sample of 8 students is selected.What is the probability that among the students in the sample at least 7 are female?

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?In a Poisson probability problem, the rate of defects is one every two hours.To find the probability of three defects in four hours,

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The probability distribution for the number of goals the Lions soccer team makes per game is given below. Number Of Goals Probability 0 0.05 1 0.15 2 0.35 3 0.30 4 0.15 What is the probability that in a given game the Lions will score at least 1 goal?

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In a binomial experiment

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The probability that Pete will catch fish when he goes fishing is .8.Pete is going to fish 3 days next week.Define the random variable x to be the number of days Pete catches fish.The probability that Pete will catch fish on one day or less is

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The use of the relative frequency method to develop discrete probability distributions leads to what is called a​

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The following represents the probability distribution for the daily demand of computers at a local store. Demand Probability 0 0.1 1 0.2 2 0.3 3 0.2 4 0.2 The probability of having a demand for at least two computers is

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The student body of a large university consists of 60% female students.A random sample of 8 students is selected.What is the probability that among the students in the sample exactly two are female?

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