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Example 3: Consider The Following Binomial Experiment. If The Probability That A Marriage Will
Example 3: Consider The Following Binomial Experiment. If The Probability That A Marriage Will
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Example 3: Consider the following binomial experiment. If the probability that a marriage will
end in divorce within 20 years after its start is 0.6, what is the probability that out of 6 couples just
married, in the
Popper 1: Consider the following binomial experiment. A company owns 4 copiers. The
probability that on a given day any one copier will break down is 23/50. What is the probability
that 2 copiers will break down on a given day?
a. 0.3702
b. 0.4576
c. 0.5805
d. 0.6102
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Math 1313 Section 8.4
Example 4: A baseball pitcher gives up a hit on the average of once every fifth pitch. If nine
pitches are thrown, what is the probability that
If X is a binomial random variable associated with a binomial experiment consisting of n trials with
probability of success p, and probability of failure q, then the mean E(X), variance and standard
deviation of X are given by applying the following formulas:
ߤ = ܧሺܺሻ = ݊
ܸܽݎሺܺ ሻ = ݊ݍ
ߪ = ඥܸܽݎሺܺሻ = ඥ݊ݍ
a. mean?
b. standard deviation?
c. variance?
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Popper 2: A company owns 4 copiers. The probability that on a given day any one copier will
break down is 0.64. What is the probability that at least 2 copiers will break down on a given day?
a. 0.8638
b. 0.6960
c. 0.5398
d. 0.5806
Popper 3: Consider the following binomial experiment. The probability that a fuse produced by a
certain company will be defective is 11/50. If 500 fuses are produced each day, how many can we
expect to find each day that are defective?
a. 107
b. 110
c. 112
d. 113
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Math 1313 Section 8.5
Section 8.5: The Normal Distribution
A random variable that may take on infinitely many values is called a continuous random
variable.
The probability distribution associated with this type of random variable is called a continuous
probability distribution.
The probability that the random variable X associated with a given probability density function
assumes a value in an interval a < x < b is given by the area of the region between the graph of f
and the x-axis from x = a to x = b.
Here is a picture:
Note: ܲሺܽ ൏ ܺ ൏ ܾሻ ൌ ܲሺܽ ൏ ܺ ൏ ܾሻ ൌ ܲሺܽ ൏ ܺ ൏ ܾሻ ൌ ܲሺܽ ൏ ܺ ൏ ܾሻ, since the area under one
point is 0.
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Normal Distributions.
Since any normal curve can be transformed into any other normal curve we will study, from here
on, the Standard Normal Curve.
The corresponding distribution and random variable are called the Standard Normal
Distribution and the Standard Normal Random Variable, respectively.
The Standard Normal Variable will commonly be denoted Z.
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The area of the region under the standard normal curve to the left of some value z, i.e. P(Z < z)
or P(Z ≤ z), is calculated for us in Table II, Appendex B on pg. 1177.
Example 1: Let Z be the standard normal variable. By first making a sketch of the appropriate
region under the standard normal curve, find the values of:
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Example 2: Let Z be the standard normal variable. Find the value of z if z satisfies:
a. P(Z < z) = 0.9495