Second Semester, S/Y 2023 – 2024 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

NAME: ___________________________________YEAR & SECTION: ______________ DATE: __/__/2024 SCORE:

WORKSHEET 1
Random Variables and Probability Distributions
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
1. Read and understand each statement carefully.
2. Use black or blue ink pen only. Pencil is not allowed.
3. Solution/s with erasure/s will not be checked.
4. Write your solutions and final answer/s below or beside the given item only.
5. The final score will be divided by two if there are any erasures in the blank of NAME.

I. IDENTIFICATION
A. Write DRV if the given is an example of a discrete random variable or CRV if it is an example of continuous random
variable.
_____ 1. The time it takes a student selected at random to register for the semester.
_____ 2. The number of bad checks drawn on Upright Bank on a day selected at random.
_____ 3. The amount of gasoline needed to drive your car 200 miles.
_____ 4. The number of traffic fatalities per year.
_____ 5. The distance a golf ball travels after being hit with a driver.
_____ 6. The number of ships in Pearl Harbor on any given day.
_____ 7. Your weight before breakfast each morning.

B. Consider each distribution. Determine if it is a valid probability distribution or not. Explain your answer.
1. 2.
x 0 1 2 x 0 1 2
P(x ) 0.25 0.60 0.15 P(x ) 0.5 0.10 0.05

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II. SOLVING: Show your complete solutions.

1. The probabilities that a patient will have 0, 1, 2, or 3 medical tests performed on entering a hospital are
0.40 , 0.35 , 0.15 ,∧0.10 respectively.
a. What are the possible values of a random variable in determining the medical tests performed?

b. Give the probability function.

c. Construct a discrete probability distribution.

d. Make a probability histogram.

Ephesians 5:15-16 – Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Second Semester, S/Y 2023 – 2024 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

e. Calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation given the probability distribution.

2. A family has three children. Let x represent the number of boys.

a. What is the sample space?

b. What are the possible values of a random variable in getting the number of boys?

c. Give the probability function.

d. Construct a discrete probability distribution.

e. Make a probability histogram.

f. Calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation given the probability distribution.

Ephesians 5:15-16 – Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.