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A. Classify the following random variables as discrete or continuous.

1. Total number of spots in rolling two dice


2. Power consumption of an appliance
3. Body temperature of a person
4. Number of pages in a chapter of a book
5. Number of appliances in a household
6. Cloth needed to make a dress
7. Total number of all animals in a farm
8. Length of a piece of chalk
9. pH level of an acid
10. Number of cards drawn

B. Suppose you are to test three random eggplants from a harvest to see if there are worms in it. You
want to find out the number of eggplants attacked by worms. Use W to represent if there is a worm
attack in an eggplant and N if there is none.
1. Find the values of the random variable Y (number of eggplants attacked by worms)
2. Construct the probability distribution for the random variable described in the situation and
draw the corresponding histogram.
3. Find the mean of the probability distribution of the random variable Y (number of eggplants
attacked by worms)

C. A bakeshop owner determines the number of boxes of pandesal that are delivered each day.
Answer the questions that follow.
Number of boxes X 35 36 37 38 39
P(X) 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.30 0.10

a) What is the probability that the number of boxes is greater than 37?
b) What is the probability that the deliveries will be at most 36?
c) Find the probability that the number of boxes delivered will be at least 36, but not more
than 38.

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