RANDOM

VARIABLE
RANDOM VARIABLE
 Is a result of chance or event ,
that you can measure or count,
that you can measure.
 Two types of random variable:
discrete and continuous
 DISCRETE
RANDOM VARIABLE
 A discrete random variable
is one which may take on only
a countable number of distinct
values such as 0,1,2,3,4 and
any real numbers.
 continuous
RANDOM VARIABLE
 A continuous random variable
is one which takes an infinite
number of possible values.
 Continuous random variables
are usually measurements.
Discrete and continuous random variable

DISCRETE CONTINUOUS
1. Number of students in a classroom. 1. Number of hours spent by studying.

2. Number of houses in a village. 2. Amount of sugar in an apple.

3. The height of the students in a
3. Number of defective toys in a factory.
classroom.
4. The weight of the people in a
4. The number of cars parking in a mall.
household.
5. The number of heads obtained in
5. The time required to run in a mile.
tossing a coin.
Example 1.
Suppose two coins are tossed and we
are interested to determine the
number of tails that will come out.
Let us use T to represent the number
of tails that will come out. Determine
the values of the random variable T.
solution
Steps Solution
1. List the sample space S = {HH, HT, TH, TT}
2. Count the number of tails NUMBER OF
in each outcome and assign OUTCOME TAILS
this number to this (Value of T)
outcome. HH 0
HT 1
TH 1
TT 2
3. Conclusion
The values of the random variable T
(number of tails) in this experiment are 0, 1
and 2.
Example 2.
Two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement from an urn
containing 5 orange balls and 6 violet
balls. Let V be the random variable
representing the number of violet balls.
Find the values of the random variable V.
solution
Steps Solution
1. List the sample space S = {OO, OV, VO, VV}
2. Count the number of tails NUMBER OF
in each outcome and assign OUTCOME TAILS
this number to this (Value of T)
outcome. OO 0
OV 1
VO 1
VV 2
3. Conclusion
The values of the random variable V
(number of violet) in this experiment are 0, 1
and 2.
Example 3.
A basket contains 10 red balls
and 4 white balls. If three balls are
taken from the basket one after the
other, determine the possible values
of the random variable R
solution
Steps Solution
1. List the sample space
2. Count the number of tails
in each outcome and assign NUMBER OF
this number to this OUTCOME TAILS
outcome. (Value of T)

3. Conclusion The values of the random variable V

(number of violet) in this experiment are
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