Joan B.

Laroya
3BSA 3
1. Example of Binomial Distribution
a. a. 60% of people who purchase pet insurance are men. If 10 pet insurance owners are randomly
FORMULA:

STEP 1:  Identify ‘n’ from the problem. Using our example question, n (the number of ra
STEP 2: Identify ‘X’ from the problem. X (the number you are asked to find the probability for) is 7
STEP 3: Work the first part of the formula. The first part of the formula is:
n! / (n – X)!  X!
Substitute your variables:
10! / ((10 – 7)! × 7!)=120
STEP 4: Find p and q. p is the probability of success and q is the probability of failure. We are giv
STEP 5: Work the second part of the formula.
pX
0.6^7= 0.0279936
Set this number aside for a moment.
STEP 6: Work the third part of the formula.
q(n – X)
.4^(10-7)= 0.064
STEP 7: Multiply your answer from step 3, 5, and 6 together.
120  × .0279936 × .064 = 0.21499085

CONCLUSION: So it means that there is 21.5% probability that exactly 7 are men in 10 pet insura
b. 80% of the Basketball Team are composed of men. If 9 teams are randomly selected to watch the
STEP 1: Identify ‘n’ from the problem. Using our example question, n (the number of randomly se
STEP 2: Identify ‘X’ from the problem. X (the number you are asked to find the probability for) is
STEP 3: Work the first part of the formula. The first part of the formula is
n! / (n – X)!  X!
Substitute your variables:
9! / ((9 – 6)! × 6!)
Which equals 84. Set this number aside for a moment.
STEP 4: Find p and q. p is the probability of success and q is the probability of failure. We are giv
STEP 5: Work the second part of the formula.
pX
0.86
0.262144

Set this number aside for a moment.

STEP 6: Work the third part of the formula.
q(n – X)
.2(9-6)
0.008
 STEP 7: Multiply your answer from step 3, 5, and 6 together.
84  × .262144 × .008 = 0.176.
CONCLUSION: So it means that there is 17.6% probability that exactly 6 teams are composed o

2. Example of Hypergeometric Distribution

a. A fish bowl contain of 20 candies: 6 are Mentos and 14 are Dynamite . 5 candies randomly pick w
STEP 1: The probability of choosing exactly 4 red cards is:
P(4 Mentos Candies) = # samples with 4 Mentos Candies and 1 Dynamite / #
STEP 2: Using the combinations formula, the problem becomes:

STEP 3: In shorthand, the above formula can be written as:

(6C4*14C1)/20C5
where:
6C4 means that out of 6 possible Mentos Candies, we are choosing 4.
14C1 means that out of a possible 14 Dynamite Candies, we’re choosing 1.
Solution = (6C4*14C1)/20C5 = 15*14/15504 = 0.0135
CONCLUSION: There is a probability 1.35% in which there are exactly 4 mentos will pick.

b. Gemma's Store has 101 female regular customer and 95 male regular customer. 10 lucky r
STEP 1: 101C7*95C3/(196C10)= (17199613200*138415)/18257282924056176 = 0.13
Where:
STEP 2: 101C7 is the number of ways of choosing 7 females from 101 and
95C3 is the number of ways of choosing 3 male customer* from 95
196C10 is the total customer (196) of which we are choosing 10

CONCLUSION: *That’s because if 7/10 customer are female, then 3/10 customer must be mal

3. Example of Poisson Distribution.

a. The average number of generators sold by the Laroya Company is 2 generators per day. What is
STEP 1: Solution: This is a Poisson experiment in which we know the following:

μ = 2; since 2 generators are sold per day, on average.

x = 3; since we want to find the likelihood that 3 generators will be sold tomorr
e = 2.71828; since e is a constant equal to approximately 2.71828.
STEP 2: We plug these values into the Poisson formula as follows:

P(x; μ) = (e-μ) (μx) / x!

P(3; 2) = (2.71828-2) (23) / 3!

 P(3; 2) = (0.13534) (8) / 6

P(3; 2) = 0.180
CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the probability of selling 3 generator tomorrow is 0.180 .
b. A Joan Co. makes calculator. The probability the calculator is defective 1% . What is the probabi
The average number of defectives in 300 calculators is μ = 0.01 × 300 = 3

CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the probability of 5 defectrive calculator is 10%.

ners are randomly selected, find the probability that exactly 7 are men.

, n (the number of randomly selected items) is 10.

e probability for) is 7.

of failure. We are given p = 60%, or .6. So the probability of failure is 1 – .6 = .4 (40%).

men in 10 pet insurance owners.

elected to watch the PBA for free, find the probability that exactly 6 teams are composed women.
mber of randomly selected items) is 9.
e probability for) is 6.

of failure. We are given p = 80%, or .8. So the probability of failure is 1 – .8 = .2 (20%).

ms are composed of women out of 9 teams randomly selected to watch PBA.

es randomly pick without replacement. What is the probability that exactly 4 Mentos candies will pick?

and 1 Dynamite / # of possible 4 candies samples.

choosing 4.
we’re choosing 1.

mentos will pick.

ustomer. 10 lucky regular customers are randomly pick for free 10 kilo of rice as a form of their anniversarry
82924056176 = 0.130

mer* from 95

stomer must be male

rs per day. What is the probability that exactly 3 generators will be sold tomorrow?
he following:

s will be sold tomorrow.

What is the probability that sample of 300 calculators will contain exactly 5 defective calculators?
= 0.01 × 300 = 3
d women.
ndies will pick?

of their anniversarry celebration. What is the probability exactly 7 of the customer will be female?
lculators?
be female?