SH1923

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Random Variables

Instruction: Read the selections carefully. (50 points)

I. Classify the following random variables as discrete or continuous. (5 items x 2 points)

____________ 1. The number of cellphone units of GHI Mobile Company sold on a given day
____________ 2. The number of correct answers in a 50-item multiple choice test
____________ 3. The number of nonproductive hours in an eight-hour workday
____________ 4. The length of life (in hours) of a light bulb
____________ 5. The number of vehicular accidents each year in Cainta, Rizal

II. Supply the table with the corresponding random variable and/or the possible values of the random variable
for each experiment. (4 items x 2 points)

Possible values (𝒙) for the

Experiment
1. Contacting 10 customers
2. Inspection of shipment of
100 laptops
3. Filling a bottle of water
(maximum of 500 𝑚𝐿)
4. Testing of new chemical
process
5. Selling an automobile
Random Variable (𝑿)
Random Variable
Number of customers who
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
placed a complaint
0, 1, 2, … , 99, 100
0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 500
The temperature when the
desired reaction takes place
(minimum of 40 ˚𝐶; maximum
of 90˚ 𝐶)
0 if male; 1 if female

III. Two of the five (5) foreign automobiles from an overseas shipment have slight paint blemishes. If an
agency receives three (3) of these automobiles at random, list the elements of the sample space 𝑆 using
the letters B and N for “blemished” and “non-blemished”, respectively. For each sample point, assign a
value 𝑥 of the random variable 𝑋 representing the number of automobiles purchased by the agency with
paint blemishes. Hint: There are eight (8) elements in the sample space. (16 items x 2 points)

Sample Space 𝑆 𝑥

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