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1. A production lot contains hundred items five of which are defective. A sample of
three items is selected, without replacement, from this lot. Let X be the number of
defective items in the sample.
2. Find a formula for Probability Distribution of the total number of heads obtained
in three tosses os a balanced coin and use it to generate corresponding Probability
Distribution Table.
3
x
Answer: fX (x) =
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3. A fair cubicle die is tossed 2 times. Let X be the sum and Y be the difference of
outcome numbers that result.
4. A fair cubicle die is tossed 2 times. Let X be the sum and Y be the difference of
outcome numbers that result.
6 − |x − 7|
(a) Verify that f (x) = is the p.m.f. of X.
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(b) Calculate P r(X = 9 and Y = 3).
(c) Are X and Y independent?
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Answer: (b) (c) No
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5. Check whether the function given by
x+2
f (x) =
25
can serve as p.m.f. of a random variable X whose range is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.
Answer: Yes
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6. A fair coin is tossed three times. Let X be the total number of heads obtained as
a result. Write down Cumulative Distribution Function of X and graph it.
7. Let X be a random variable with range consisting of the values x1 < x2 < x3 · · · <
xn . Then prove that
(1 − k)k x for x = 0, 1, 2, . . .
11. A coin is biased so that heads is three times as likely as tails. For three independent
tosses of the coin, let X be the total number of heads observed. Find
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12. Let the p.d.f. of a CRV X be given by
c
√ , f or 0 < x < 4,
fX (x) = x
0, elsewhere.
Find
Find
Find
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1 1 1 3 1 1 1
Answer: (b) (c) (d) M1 = ; M2 = ; M3 = ; M4 = (e)
2 2 2 10 5 7 2
1
(f)
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15. Let the distribution function of X be given by
0, f or x < −1,
x+1
FX (x) = , f or − 1 < x < 1,
2
1, elsewhere.
Find
18. A lottery game pays $10 to the player each time he rolls an even sum with a pair
of fair cubicle dice; while the player pays back $10 each time he rolls an odd sum.
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(a) Is this a fair game?
(b) The player plays 100 games. What is his expected income/loss?
19. A person uses a bunch of n keys to open his door lock where only one key is the
right one. He tries different keys, one at a time, until the lock opens. What is the
average number of keys that he has to try before he unlocks the door?
n+1
Answer:
2
20. A box contains 7 red and 3 blue balls. Ball are selected at random, one at a time
and without replacement, until we get the first red ball. What is the expected
number of balls drawn until we get the first red ball?
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Answer: = 1.375
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