Name: BUI Khanh Huyen Class: Stati stics

ID Number: 12413147 Professor: Khan Muhammad T.

Assignment for lecture 8
Exercise 4.14 (p.187)
a. The values that x may assume: {-4; 0; 1; 3}
b. The maximum value of p(x) is .4 when x = 1
x = 1 is most probable.
c. p(x>1) = 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.3 = 0.8
d. p(-2) = 0

Exercise 4.15 (p.187)
a. p(5) = 1 0.15 0.1 0.25 0.25 = .25
b. p(x = 2 or x = 10) = p(2) + p(10) = 0.15 + 0.25 = .4
c. P(x
s
8) = 1 p(10) = 1 0.25 = .75

Exercise 4.16 (p.187)
The requirements for the probabilities in the probability distribution of a random variable x:
Each probability P(x) must be between 0 and 1: 0P(x)1.
The sum of all the probabilities is 1: P(x)=1.
A is the only one with a valid probability distribution.
B is not the valid probability distribution since it does not satisfy requirement 2
C is not the valid probability distribution since it does not satisfy requirement 1
D is not the valid probability distribution since it does not satisfy requirement 2

Exercise 4.17 (p.187)
a. P(x
s
12) = p(10) + p(11) + p(12) = 0.2 + 0.3 + 0.2 = .7
b. P(x>12) = p(13) + p(14) = 0.1 + 0.2 = .3
c. P(x
s
14) = 1.0
d. P(x = 14) = .2
e. P(x
s
11 or x >12) = 1 p(12) = 1 0.2 = .8

Exercise 4.18 (p.187)
a. P(x
s
0) = p(-2) + p(-1) + p(0) = 0.1 + 0.15 + 0.4 = .65
b. P(x>-1) = p(0) + p(1) + p(2) = 0.4 + 0.3 + 0.05 = .75
c. P(-1
s
x
s
1) = p(-1) + p(0) + p(1) = 0.15 + 0.4 + 0.3 = .85
d. P(x<2) = 1 p(2) = 1 0.05 = .95
e. P(-1
s
x<2) = p(-1) + p(0) + p(1) = 0.15 + 0.4 + 0.3 = .85
f. P(x<1) = p(-2) + p(-1) + p(0) = 0.1 + 0.15 + 0.4 = .65

Exercise 4.19 (p.187)
a. The sample points: THH, THT, TTH, TTT, HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT
Possible values of x are 0, 1, 2 and 3.
X = 0 to {TTT}
X = 1 to {THT, TTH, HTT}
Name: BUI Khanh Huyen Class: Stati stics
ID Number: 12413147 Professor: Khan Muhammad T.
X = 2 to {THH, HHT, HTH}
X = 3 to {HHH}
b. p(0) = 1/8
p(1) = 3/8
p(2) = 3/8
p(3) = 1/8
c. A probability histogram:



Exercise 4.21 (p.188)
a. p(0) + p(1) + p(2) + p(3) + p(4) = 0.09 + 0.3 + 0.37 + 0.2 + 0.04 = 1
b. p(x = 3 or x =4) = p(3) + p(4) = 0.2 + 0.04 = .24
c. p(x<2) = p(0) + p(1) = 0.09 + 0.3 = .39

Exercise 4.22 (p.188)
a. Let the values of x be 1 (one egg), 2 (two eggs), 3 (three eggs) and 4 (four eggs).

x 1 2 3 4
p(x) .4 .54 .02 .04
b. p(x>3) = p(3) + p(4) = 0.02 + 0.04 = 0.06

Exercise 4.24 (p.188)
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