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and 4#5$ :
5
2
, find 4 # )<5<$
.
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6. Two shooters, ) and 5, ta!e turns to shoot a tar+et, with shooter ) firin+ the first shot.
The probabilities of shooters ) and 5 stri!in+ the tar+et in ea,h shot are
6
5
and
5
4
respe,tivel&. /ind the probabilit& of shooter ) stri!in+ the tar+et first.
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7. The anal&sis of the appli,ations for a va,an,& in a ,ompan& shows that
4
of the
appli,ants are females and from all the female appli,ants ,
2
are de+ree holders. >f the
male appli,ants, half are de+ree holders,
#a$ ;al,ulate the probabilit& that the su,,essful appli,ant is a de+ree holder.
#b$ -f it is !nown that the su,,essful appli,ant is a de+ree holder, ,al,ulate the
probabilit& that the appli,ant is a female.
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0. Two events ? and @ are not independent , and their respe,tive probabilities of o,,urrin+
are +iven b& 4 # ? $ : '.6 and 4 # @ $ : '.7. -t is also +iven that 4 # ? @ $ : '.95.
;al,ulate
#a$. 4 # ? @ $
#b$. 4 # @ A? $ and
#,$. 4 # ? @
<
$
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9. #a$. The variable ? ,an assume the value r with probabilit& for ,..... , 2 , 1
2
1
=
r
r
.
3how that ? is a dis,rete random variable . [4 mar!s"
#b$.
? ' 1 2 4 5 6
4#? : x$ '.' '.'4 '.'6 '.12 '.4 '.15 '.2
The probabilit& distribution for the random variable ? is as shown.
i. /ind the ,umulative distribution fun,tion of ? and ,onstru,t a ,umulative
distribution table
ii. /ind
a.
$ # = X P
b.
$ 2 # > X P
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1'. ) dis,rete random variable ? ta!e values ',1 2, 4 and 0 with probabilities show in table
x ' 1 2 4 0
4#?:x$ p
2
1
4
1
0
1
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(a) ;al,ulate the value of
$ 2 # + X E
and
$ 2 # + X Var
.
(b)
1
X and
2
X are two independent observation of X , find $ 2 #
2 1
= + X X P
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11 #a$ The result of an e2periment is a random variable ? whi,h has a 5inomial
probabilit& distribution with mean 1.2 and varian,e 1.'0. ;al,ulate the least
inte+er a su,h that
05 . ' $ # > < a X P
#b$
Biven that the e2pe,tation of ? is 6, find n and k . [9 mar!s"
12. )t a ,ertain stall a ,onstant sto,! level of 12''' bulbs is maintained. >n an& +iven da&,
a parti,ular bulb will be bro!en is '.'''15. /ind, # +ive &our answer in three si+nifi,ant
fi+ures$ the probabilit& if
#a$ on an& +iven da& at least a bulb will be bro!en
#b$ a bulb will be bro!en on three ,onse,utive da&s
#,$ on a da& on whi,h at least a bulb is bro!en, there will be e2a,tl& bulbs bro!en.
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x 1 6 n 12
4#?: x$ '.1 '. k '.25 '.15
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