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The following problems deals with probability distribution and discrete distribution.
From the set of questions

given below, you are REQUIRED to answer question 1 OR 2 as the first problem to answer. Next, choose and
solve exactly TWO questions PER discrete distribution. Last, solve ALL the problems given under continuous
probability distribution.
In solving each problem follow these steps: a) identify the discrete probability distribution used, b) identify what
are the given, c) identify what is asked, d) solve completely and neatly, and e) label/box your final answer
(rounded off to 4 decimal places).
Questions and answers must follow the format given below.

Questions Answers
1.
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REQUIRED TO ANSWER: CHOOSE 1 PROBLEM FROM 1 AND 2
1. The random experiment is to identify whether 4 students submitted the project on time. Let T – event
that the student submitted the project on time and let O – the student did not submit the project on
time. Construct the probability distribution of the random variable X – number of student/s who
submitted the project on time. (Probabilities must be round off in 4 decimal places. Arrange the random
variable from lowest to highest)
2. A shipment of 7 TV sets contains 2 defectives. A hotel purchases 3 of the TV sets. If X is the number of
defective sets purchased by the hotel, find the probability distribution of X.
CHOOSE AND SOLVE EXACTLY TWO QUESTIONS PER DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION.

3. Suppose that airplane engines operate independently in flight and fail with probability 1/5. Assuming
that a plane makes a safe flight if at least one-half of its engines run, which between a 4-engine plane
and a 2-engine plane has the higher probability for a successful flight?
4. A store owner complains that, on the average, 2 bottles per case of a certain brand of softdrink are
underfilled. Assuming this is correct, find the probability that a randomly chosen case of this drink will
contain at least 3 underfilled bottles.
5. Four roads start from a junction. Only one of them leads to a mall. The remaining roads ultimately lead
back to the starting point. A person not familiar with these roads wants to try the different roads one
by one to reach the mall. What is the probability that his second attempt will be correct?
6. In a shipment of 15 hard disks, 5 are defective. If 4 of the disks are inspected, what is the probability that
exactly 1 is defective?
7. Over the course of a season, a basketball player is a 26% free throw shooter. In practice, her coach tells
her to take 50 free throw shots. What is the probability that she makes her third basket on the 7th shot?
8. Incompatibility is given as the legal reason for 55% of all divorce cases filed in a given county. Find the
probability that incompatibility will be given as the reason in four of the next 6 divorce cases filed in that
country.
9. On the basis of past experience, the probability that a certain electrical component will be satisfactory
is 0.98. The components are sampled item by item from continuous production. What is the probability
that the second defective item selected is the fifth component?
10. In an amusement fair, a competitor is entitled for a prize if he throws a ring on a peg from a certain
distance. It is observed that only 30% of the competitors are able to do this. If someone is given 5
chances, what is the probability of his winning the prize when he has already missed 4 chances?
11. Assume that 2 out of 5 shipments coming from a particular supplier do not arrive on time. What is the
probability that among 8 shipments which the supplier sends less than 2 will arrive on time?
12. A public accounts committee of 5 persons to be set out of 12 members from ruling party and 8 members
from opposition party. What is the probability of 3 members of opposition party is selected?
13. Customers are known to arrive at La Buena Comida on a random basis with an average number of 24
customers per hour. What is the probability that 3 or less customers will arrive for a particular 10-minute
interval?
14. A study shows that 50% of the families in a certain large metropolitan area have at least two cars. Find
the probabilities that among 16 families randomly selected in this metropolitan area at most 6 have at
least 2 cars.
15. An oil company conducts a geological study that indicates that an exploratory oil well should have a 20%
chance of striking oil. What is the probability that the first strike comes on the third well drilled?
16. On the average, 8 people per hour use an express teller machine situated inside a commercial complex.
What is the probability that, during a selected Friday afternoon at most 3 people will use the machine?
SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS GIVEN UNDER CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION
17. A checkout counter at a supermarket completes the process according to an exponential distribution
with a service rate of 6 per hour. A customer arrives at the checkout counter. Find the probability of the
following events:
a. the service is completed in fewer than 5 minutes.
b. the customer leaves the checkout counter more than 10 minutes after arriving.
c. the service is completed in a time between 5 and 8 minutes.
18. A soft-drink machine is regulated so that it discharges an average of 200ml per cup. If the amount of
drink is normally distributed with a standard deviation equal to 15ml,
a. what fraction of the cups will contain less than 224ml?
b. what is the probability that a cup contains between 191ml and 209ml?
c. how many cups will likely overflow if 230ml cups are used for the next 1000 drinks?
d. below what value do we get the smallest 25% of the drinks?

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The following problems deals with probability distribution and discrete distribution.

From the set of questions

Questions and answers must follow the format given below.

CHOOSE AND SOLVE EXACTLY TWO QUESTIONS PER DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION.

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