Accra Technical University

MLB 219
Assignment 2
Marking Scheme
Question 1
Copy and complete the table below:
Experiment Sample Space Event Probability

Throw of dice 1,2,3,4,5,6 Prime number 3/6

Toss of a coin twice HH, HT, TH, TT Two heads 1/4

Gender of triplets GGG,GBB, GGB, Two males 1/4

BBB
Blood Group A, B, O, AB Two letters 1/4

(8 marks)

Question 2 (5 marks)
(a) GH¢300
(b) GH¢289
(c) GH¢274.50
(d) 289.5 – 299.5
(e) 10 (1 mark each)

Question 3 (4 marks)
(a) Ratio
(b) Interval
(c) Nominal
(d) Interval
(e) Ratio (1 mark each)
Question 4

Class Intervals Class Mid- Tally No. of workers 𝒇𝒙

Points (𝒇)
(𝒙)
5–9 7 //// 4 28

10 – 14 12 //// /// 8 96

15 – 19 17 //// /// 8 136

20 – 24 22 //// 4 88

25 – 29 27 / 1 27

∑ 𝑓 = 25 ∑ 𝑓𝑥 = 375

(1 mark for each column = 5 marks)

(ii) Find the range of the data.

26 – 6 = 20 weeks (2 marks)

(iii)
∑ 𝑓𝑥 375
𝑋̅= ∑ 𝑓 = 25 = 15 weeks (3 marks)

Question 5 (

P( A  B) = P( A) + P( B) − P(A  B)....................................i
P( A  B) = P( A) + P( B) − P(A  B)..................................ii

Equation i+ii

P( A  B) + P( A  B) = 2 P( A) + P( B) + P(B) − {P(A B) + P( A  B)}................... iii

But P(B) + P( B) = 1 and P( A  B) + P( A  B) = P( A)

Also P( A  B) = 0.7 and P( A  B) = 0.9 Hence equation iii becomes

0.7 + 0.9 = 2 P( A) + 1 − P( A)
So P( A) = 0.6

Question 6

24. B Positively skewed