Philippine School Doha

Senior High School Department

Statistics and Probability – All STRANDS
Activity – WORD PROBLEMS 15
C.N. _____ Score:
Name: ___________________________ Grade, Section and Strand: ________________ Date: _____________
1) The number of cars sold per day at a local car dealership, along with its corresponding
probabilities, is shown in the table below. Compute the variance and the standard
deviation of the probability distribution.
Number
Probability
of cars
P(x)
sold (x)
0 1/10
1 2/10
2 3/10
3 2/10
4 2/10

2) A local club plans to invest P10000.00 to host a baseball game. They expect to sell tickets
worth P15000.00. But if it rains on the day of the game, they won't sell any tickets and
the club will lose all the money instead. If the weather forecast for the day of the game
is 20% possibility of rain, will this be a good investment? Why or why not?

3) A company makes electronic gadgets. One out of every 50 gadgets is faulty, but the
company doesn't know which ones are faulty until a buyer complains. Suppose the
company makes a 3QR profit on the sale of any working gadget, but suffers a loss of
80QR for every faulty gadget because they need to repair the unit. Determine whether
the company can expect a profit in the long run.

Prepared by: Miss Arlene A. Aboga, MEd.