PSR April 2019

Q1.
a) There are 3 cases of this problem:
+ First two cases are that invite 1 of 2 of the friend and 4 of 6 remain friends:
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+ Another case is that does not invite 2 of the friend:
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Thus, there are 36 possible choices to invite 5 friends with the given condition.
b) There are 2 case of this problem:
+ Invite the couple:
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+ Does not invite the couple:
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Thus, there are 26 possible choices to invite 5 friends with the given condition.
Q2.
Denote that: : female and : Majoring in computer science
By the given information:
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b)
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Q3.
Denote that: : mom ( : Dad) and : upstairs ( : downstairs)
The problem gives us:
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Q4.
Let be the random variable that indicates number of correct answer in an exam of a
student
Since we know that for each question we have only 1 correct answer in 4 chooses and with
just guessing the probability of each choose is equal likely. Denote that 1 is correct and 0 is
wrong, so:

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Therefore,
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The probability that the student gets 4 or more correct answer is:
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Q5.
The problem gives us the height of a 25-year-old man is a normal distribution. Let be the
random variable that indicates the height. Therfore:
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a)
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b)
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