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Probability Problems and Solutions

This document is a problem set for a course on Statistical Methods, focusing on probability and random variables. It includes various problems related to calculating probabilities in different scenarios, such as family compositions, games involving dice, and drawing cards. Additionally, it covers discrete and continuous random variables, their probability distributions, and expected values.

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Probability Problems and Solutions

This document is a problem set for a course on Statistical Methods, focusing on probability and random variables. It includes various problems related to calculating probabilities in different scenarios, such as family compositions, games involving dice, and drawing cards. Additionally, it covers discrete and continuous random variables, their probability distributions, and expected values.

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Problem Set 2

Probability and random variables


HS550: Statistical Methods
Feb-Jun 2019

1. In a family with 4 children, what is the probability that there will be two boys and two girls?

2. In the first game Méré wins if in 4 rolls of a fair die there is atleast one 6. In a second game he wins if in 24
rolls of two fair dice there is atleast one pair of 6s. In which game he has a higher probability of win?

3. A bag contains 100 pens, 50 of them are red and the rest are blue. Select 5 pens at random at one go. What
is the probability that 3 are blue and 2 are red? If you draw them one by one, what is the probability that
they will appear in the order BBBRR?

4. Three urns contain, respectively 4 white and 2 black chips, 2 white and 4 black chips, 3 white and three
black chips. Suppose a chip is chosen at random and is found to be white. What is the probability that the
first urn is chosen?

5. What is the probability of drawing a king and a queen consecutively from a deck of 52 cards, without
replacement?

6. Let X be a discrete random variable assuming probability (i.e. the probability mass function is given as)
Px (x) = ½ for x=0
1/3 for x=1
1/6 for x=2
0 otherwise
Find the range of the random variable X. Find P(X≥1.5). Find Prob(0≤X≤2). What is E(X) and V(X)

7. Let X be a continuous random variable with the following probability density function:
FX (X) = ce-x for x≥0,
0 otherwise
Where c is a positive constant.
Find c. Find the cumulative distribution function of X. Find Prob(1≤X≤3)

8. Let X be a continuous random variable with the following probability density function:
FX (X) = 2x for 0 ≤x ≤1,
0 otherwise
Find expected value of X

9. Assuming that the probability of a new born to be a boy is 0.51, find the probability distribution of number
of boys in a family of four children. In a sample of 500 couples how many do you expect to have a) exactly
1 boy, b) exactly 1 girl, c) at least 1 boy?

10. An unbiased coin is thrown three times. If the random variable X denotes the number of heads obtained,
find out the cumulative distribution function of X.

11. The probability density function of a random variable is given by

FX (X) = k(x-1)(2-x) where 1 ≤x ≤2

Determine the following:


a. The value of the constant k
b. The cumulative distribution functions
c. The probability that the random variable lies between 5/4 and 3/2

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