Solution of homework of lecture 6

Exercise 6.1:

a) The possible values of this random variable belong to an interval [a; b] where a
and b are 2 positive real numbers.

b) Are the values are uncountable since the values in an interval are continuous.

c) There is an infinite number of values since its possible values belong to an

interval.

d) It is discrete since its possible values belong to an interval.

Exercise 6.2

a) The probability distribution of X is

Category (X) Probability

Couple with children (1) 2473/6387 = 0.387

Couple without children (2) 2706/6387 = 0.424

One parent male (3) 185/6387 = 0.029

One parent female (4) 914/6387 = 0.143

Other (5) 109/6387 = 0.017

Total 6387/6387 = 1

The probability distribution presented in graphical form:

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b) The ‘couple without children’ category is the projected most likely one of living
arrangement in Australia in 2016.

c) The probability that a randomly selected person is from a ‘one parent female’
living arrangement category is 0.143

d) If a person is randomly selected from families living as a ‘couple’, the probability

that he/she is from a ‘couple with children’ living arrangement is
2473
= 0.4775
2473 + 2706
Exercise 6.3

a) The probability distribution of X in tabular form is

X 0 1 2 3

P(x) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

b) The probability distribution of X in graphical form is

Exercise 6.4:

a) The mean is

μ = E(X ) = 0 * 0.1 + 1 * 0.3 + 2 * 0.4 + 3 * 0.2 = 1.7

The variance is

σ 2 = 02 * 0.1 + 12 * 0.3 + 22 * 0.4 + 32 * 0.2 − 1.72 = 0.81

The standard deviation is

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σ = 0.81 = 0.9

b) The probability that the student visits the pizza store at least twice in a month is

P(X ≥ 2) = P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) = 0.6

c) P(X ≥ 1.5) = P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) = 0.6

d) The graph of the probability distribution with location of μ and μ ± s is

Exercise 6.5:

Let X be the possible amounts of damage.

The probability distribution of X is

X ($) 0 100 200 400

P(x) 0.87 0.1 0.02 0.01

a) The amount that the owner should be willing to pay for a surge suppressor is

μ = E(X ) = 0 * 0.87 + 100 * 0.1 + 200 * 0.02 + 400 * 0.01 = 18

b) The standard deviation of the possible amounts of damage is

σ = SD(X ) = 02 * 0.87 + 1002 * 0.1 + 2002 * 0.02 + 4002 * 0.01 − 182 = 55.4617