TUTORIAL QUESTIONS FOR MTH 208 – PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
6!
5!
5!
4!
7
P7 − 1 = 5,039
r=4
m+n m− n
P2 = 56 P2 = 12 m n m = 6, n = 2
n 1
3
2
C4 = 3 C 3 3
n n = 12
4
n
Pr = 840 n
C r = 35 n r n = 7, r = 4
n
Cr + nCr −1 =n+1Cr
TUTORIAL QUESTIONS ON MTH 208 – PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
7!
9.
3!
(5 − 1)!5!
10!
8! 3!
10!− (8! 3!)
26
P2 10 P3 26
C 2 2 !10 C3 3! 26 25 10 9 8
26 10
2 3
5
C1 21C1 2 !10 C3 3!
5
C121C1 2! 9 9 8
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a
10
C 2 4 C 2 5 ! + 10C3 4 C1 5 ! + 10C 4 5 !
4
C2 4P4 = 144
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AC A ( )
p AC = 1 − p( A)
p( A) A
p( X = 4) p( X 4) p(4 X 7)
p( X 10)
7
10
1
2
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7
16
8
19
32 9 11
225 100 900
3
16
1
2
3
5
3
12
7
8 15
21
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X f (x )
E(aX + b) = aE( X ) + b
Var(aX + b) = a 2Var( X )
X
p(2 X 5)
p(2 2 X 5)
p( X 4)
X E( X )
X Var( X )
X
X f (x )
E(aX + b) = aE( X ) + b
Var(aX + b) = a 2Var( X )
Var ( X ) = E ( X − )
2
= E( X )
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X
1
10 x + k , 0 x5
f (x ) =
0, elsewhere
k
m p(m X 4)
E( X )
VarX
M X (t )
X (a, b) S
X (a, b) = max(a, b)
X
X E (X )
X Var(X )
X =x
f (x) 1 3 1 1 1 1
10 10 5 10 10 5
A = y : y is an even number B = 2, 3, 4, 5 C = y : y 3
D = y : y 7 E = y : y is prime
p(A) p(B) p(C ) p(D)
p( A B) p( A C ) p( B C )
p( A E )
E (Y ) Y = 2 X 2 + 3X + 1
Var(X )
Var(Y )
2, 4, 6, 8
1, 3, 5, 7
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5
8
1, 3, 5, 7
2, 4, 6, 8
3 3
8 8
X
n C x p x q n − x , x = 0, 1, 2, . . ., n
f ( x) =
0, elsewhere
p + q =1
E( X ) = np
Var( X ) = npq
x e −
, x = 0, 1, 2, 3, . . .
x !
f (x ) =
0, elsewhere
f (x )
E( X ) = Var( X ) =
( )
E e tX = e (e −1)
t
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X
a sin 3x, 0 x
3
f (x ) =
0, elsewhere
1
m p m X =
6 4
m
X E( X )
Var(X )
M X (t )
ab
1
b − a ; a xb
f (x ) =
0; otherwise
X
X
Var(Y ) Y = 3X 2 − 2 X + 4
X
3e −3 x , x0
f (x ) =
0, otherwise
2 7
p X
3 4
XE( X )
X Var( X )
E(Y ) Y = X 2 − X +1
Var(Y ) Y = X 2 − X +1
3
M X (t ) =
3−t
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E( X )
( )
E X2
Var(2 X + 1)
2
p(head ) =
3
64 64 256 665 32
729 243 729 729 729
4
5
7
9
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X
X
E( X )
Var( X )
3
5
X
X
X E( X )
X Var( X )
X
1
2 sin x, 0 x
f (x ) =
0, otherwise
p X
4
1
p X = 2
4 2 4
1
k p( X k ) =
2
E( X )
Var( X )
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1
9 x + k , 0 x3
f (x ) =
0, otherwise
k p(1 X 2
7
t p(1 X t ) =
9
(X )
e −x , 0, x 0
f (x ) =
0, x0
f (x )
1
Mean =
1
Variance = M X (t ) =
2
−t
X Y
X Y
E( X + Y ) = E( X ) + E(Y )
E( XY ) = E( X )E(Y )
E(2 XY + 1) = 2E( X )E(Y ) + 1
Var( X + Y ) = Var( X ) + Var(Y )
X Y
X Y
X Y
xy
96 , 0 x 4, 1 y 5
f ( x, y ) =
0, otherwise
E( X ) E(Y ) E ( XY ) E(2 X + 3Y )
8 31 248 47
3 9 27 3
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X Y
3
5 x(x + y ), 0 x 1, 0 y 2
f ( x, y ) =
0, elsewhere
E( X ) E(Y ) E( X + Y ) E ( XY )
p(2 X 5) p( X 4)
X X Var( X )
k f (x )
X
k (1 − x )
2
for 0 x 1
f ( x) =
0 elsewhere
0, for x 0
f ( x) =
−4 x2
kxe for x 0
f (x )
E( X ) Var( X )
X
kx 3
for 0 x 1
f ( x) =
0 elsewhere
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k
1 + x 2 for − x
f ( x) =
0 elsewhere
k
f (x ) X
x , 0 x 1
f ( x) = 2 − x, 1 x 2
0, otherwise
Cos x , 0 x
f ( x) = 2
0, otherwise
E( X ) Var(2 X + 4)
f (x) X
1
6 x , 0 x 3
1
f ( x ) = 2 − x , 3 x 4
2
0, otherwise
p(1 X 2) p(2 X 4)
E (X ) E(2 X 2 + 4 X − 5)
Var (2 X 2 + 4 X − 5)
9 3 4
10 4 5
X
X
3
8
23
50
183
200
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3 1 4
13 13 13
1 1 1 25 1 1 65
2 3 16 216 6 18 81
X 6
X =6
11 7
17 44
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6
p, 2 p, 3 p, 4 p, 5 p, or 6 p
p
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1 9
, ,
21 21
19
33
f (x ) X
x, for 0 x 1
f (x ) = 2 x + m, for 1 x 2
0, otherwise
m
1 4
p X
2 3
1
k p(1 X k ) =
4
E( X )
5 23 5 5
Var(2 X + 5) − 1.81 1
2 72 4 12
X
c
1 + x 2 , for − x
f (x ) =
0, elsewhere
c
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1
X2
3
1 1
6
X
612
p(6 X 8) p( X 2)
p( X 2)
X
1
(x + 3), 2 x k
f ( x) = 48 k
0 , otherwise
k
7
t p(t X 6) =
12
X Y
2 (x + y ), 0 x 1, 0 y 1.
3 2 2
f ( x, y ) =
0 , elsewhere
f ( x, y)
1 3
p X
4 4
29 3
E ( XY )
64 8
X
5
p(2 X 6)
12
91
E( X ) X
36
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105
X Y
k (2 x + y ), 0 x 2, 0 y 3
f ( x, y ) =
0, otherwise
k
p( X = 2, Y = 1)
p( X 1, Y 2)
X Y
f (y 2) p (Y = 1 X = 2 )
1
1 7 , y = 0
7 , x = 0
3 , y =1
1 5 4 1
k= f1 ( x ) = , x = 1 f 2 ( y ) = 14
42 42 7 3 2 , y = 2
11 7
21 , x = 2 5
, y=3
14
y+4
p(Y = 1 X = 2) =
5
f ( y 2) =
22 22
1
7
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n = 1, 2, 3, . . . , 6
9k 3
=
21k 7
1 1 6
49 7 7
1 1
6 9
p(7 odd sum )
p(7 odd sum ) =
6 1 6 2 3 1 3 1
= = = =
18 3 p(odd sum ) 21 7 18 6 18 6
6 2 6 1
= = 0
27 9 18 3
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6 1
=
30 5
X Y
kxy, 1 x 3, 1 y 3
f ( x, y ) =
0, otherwise
k
p( X = 2, Y = 3)
p(1 X 2, Y 2)
p( X 2)
p(Y 2)
p( X = 1)
p(Y = 3)
X Y
X Y
X Y Y X
1 1 1 5 1 1 1
k=
36 6 4 6 6 6 2
x y
, x = 1,2,3 , y = 1,2,3
f1 ( x ) = 6 f2 (y) = 6
0, other x 0, other y
x y
, x = 1,2,3 , y = 1,2,3
f (x y ) = f1 (x ) = 6 f (y x) = f 2 ( y ) = 6
0, other x
0, other y
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