Exam 5: Discrete Probability Distributions

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It is estimated that 25% of households own a riding lawn mower. A sample of 16 households is studied. What is the probability that exactly 5 of these own a riding lawn Mower?

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Which of the following variables are discrete? i. the depth of a submarine ii. the number of torpedoes on a submarine iii. the speed of the submarine

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The number of cartoons watched on Saturday mornings by students in Mrs. Kelly's first g/ class is shown below. Number of cartoons watched 0 1 2 3 4 5 Probability ( ) 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.10 0.20 0.05 What is the mean of the data? de

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A survey asked 857 people how many times per week they dine out at a restaurant. The results are presented in the following table. Number of Times Frequency 0 136 1 254 2 233 3 104 4 74 5 21 6 28 7 7 Total 857 Consider the 857 people to be a population. Let XX be the number of times per week a person dines out for a person sampled at random from this population. Compute the standard deviation.

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The probability that a Poisson random variable XX is equal to 4 , where λ=7\lambda = 7 , is

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The number of typographical errors in a document follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 errors per page. Let XX represent the number of errors on 2 pages. Find P(P ( Less than 3).

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Continuous random variables are obtained from data that can be measured rather than counted.

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Use the multinomial formula to find the probability for the following situation. X1=2,X2=2,X3=2X _ { 1 } = 2 , X _ { 2 } = 2 , X _ { 3 } = 2 when n=6,p1=0.3,p2=0.5,p3=0.2n = 6 , p _ { 1 } = 0.3 , p _ { 2 } = 0.5 , p _ { 3 } = 0.2

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In a binomial experiment, the outcome of each trial will depend on the ones before it.

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It is estimated that 30% of households own a riding lawn mower. A sample of 12 households is studied. What is the probability that no more than 3 of these own a riding Lawn mower?

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A student takes a true-false test that has 13 questions and guesses randomly at each answer. Let XX be the number of questions answered correctly. Find P(11P ( 11 or more)

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Which of the following variables are continuous? i. an automobile's gas mileage ii. the air pressure in an automobile's spare tire iii. an automobile's sticker price

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A survey of 13 people at a bookstore showed that five had purchased a hardcover book. If seven people are selected at random, what is the probability that four of them had Purchased a hardcover book?

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A pet supplier has a stock of parakeets of which 20% are blue parakeets. A pet store orders 3 parakeets from this supplier. If the supplier selects the parakeets at random, What is the chance that the pet store gets exactly one blue parakeet?

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The probability that a person will have 0, 1, or 2 dental checkups per year is 0.3 0.1, respectively. If seven people are picked at random, what is the probability that two Will have no checkups, four will have one checkup, and one will have two checkups in The next year?

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In the instructor's answer book for a mathematics text, 8% of the answers are incorrect. Use the Poisson approximation to express the probability that there are exactly 2 Incorrect answers for a homework set with 50 problems.

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 Find the probability P(X;λ):P(3,4)\text { Find the probability } P ( X ; \lambda ) : P ( 3,4 )

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