Statistics 11th C12a

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variables aleatorias para encontrar el valor esperado y la varianza

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Q1a: Suppose that we have a list of people heights x. The mean height is 1.5m and
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the variance 0.2m. We use the coding y = 3x – 10:

What are the new mean and variance?

b: What do we expect these to be in terms of the original expected value E(X) and the original
variance Var(X)?

E(X+10) =

E(3X)=

Var(3X)=

Q2: Express these in terms of the original E(X) and Var(X).

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FORMULAE:
For any two random variables X1 and X2

▶ E(X1 + X2) = E(X1) + E(X2) ▶ E(X1 – X2) = E(X1) – E(X2) ▶ Var(X1 ± X2) = Var(X1) + Var(X2)

Watch out:

The standard deviations of X1 and X2 do not add up to the standard deviation of (X1 + X2).

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EXERCISES
1. The random variable Y has mean 2 and variance 9. (4)

Find:

a) E[3Y+1] =

b) Var[3Y+1] =

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c) E[Y2] =

d) E[(Y-1)(Y+1)] =

2. The possible lengths (in cm) of the blades of cricket bats form a discrete uniform distribution: 38, 40,
42, 44, 46.
The possible lengths (in cm) of the handles of cricket bats also form a discrete uniform distribution: 22,
24, 26.
The blades and handles can be joined together to make bats of various lengths, and it may be
assumed that the lengths of the two sections are independent.
(a) How many different (total) bat lengths are possible? Hint: Make a double-way table. (2)

(b) Work out the mean and variance of random variable X1, the length (in cm) of the blades. (2)

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(c) Work out the mean and variance of random variable X2, the length (in cm) of the handles. (2)

(d) Work out the mean and variance of random variable X1 + X2, the total length of the bats. (4)

(e) Verify that E(X1 + X2) = E(X1) + E(X2) and Var(X1 + X2) = Var(X1) + Var(X2). (2)

3. The menu at a café is shown below. The owner of the café says that all the main-course dishes sell
equally well, as do all the desserts, and that customers’ choice of dessert is not influenced by the main
course they have just eaten.

The variable M denotes the cost of the main course, in dollars, and the variable D the cost of the
dessert. The variable T denotes the total cost of a two-course
meal: T = M + D.

(a) Find the mean and variance of M. (2)

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(b) Find the mean and variance of D. (2)

(c) List all the possible two-course meals, giving the price for each one. (2)

(d) Use your answer to part (c) to find the mean and variance of T. (2)

(e) Hence verify that for these figures (2)

mean (T ) = mean (M) + mean (D)
and variance (T ) = variance (M) + variance (D).

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