Dan Marei S.

Chua STEM 11C February 13, 2022

DIFFERENTIATION

   Set A- A student answered a 5-item multiple-choice test. Let be the number of correct answers on the
test.

1. Is X a discrete or a continuous random variable? DISCRETE

2. What are the possible values for X?

Possible Outcomes Values of the Random Variable Z

CCCCC 5

CCCCW 3

CCCWC 3

CCCWW 3

CCWCC 4

CCWCW 3

CCWWW 2

CCWWC 3

CWCCC 4

CWCCW 3

CWCWC 3

CWCWW 2

CWWCC 3

CWWCW 2

CWWWC 2

CWWWW 1

WWWWW 0

WWWWC 1

WWWCW 1

WWWCC 2

WWCWW 1

WWCWC 2

WWCCW 2

WWCCC 3

WCWWW 1

WCWWC 2

WCWCW 2

WCWCC 3

WCCWW 2

WCCWC 3

WCCCW 3

WCCCC 4
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3. Construct a probability distribution for the random variable.

Values of the Random Variable x Probability P(x)

0 1/32

1 5/32

2 10/32

3 10/32

4 5/32

5 1/32

4. Draw the histogram for the probability distribution.

5. What is the probability that the student got 4 correct answers?

- There’s a probability of 5/32 that the student got 4 correct answers from a 5-item multiple-
choice test.
6. Find the expected value and variance of the probability distribution.

Values of the Random Variable z Probability P(z) z ∙ P ¿) 2

z ∙ P (z )

0 1/32 0/32 0/32

1 5/32 5/32 5/32

2 10/32 20/32 40/32

3 10/32 30/32 90/32

4 5/32 20/32 80/32

5 1/32 5/32 25/32

80 240
μ= =2.5
32 32
240
σ2= −(2.5)2 = 1.25
32
σ = √ 1.25

σ = 1.12