Practice Problem –Set 3 Probability
Discrete Random Variables
Assignment Ex. Sec title/ Page # Problems (15)
Chapter 4 Discrete Distributions
Lecture 5 Sec4.1 Random variables 2,4,5,23,25
Lecture 6 Sec 4.2 Binomial Distribution 34
Lecture 7
Sec 4.4 Mean and Variance 56,59,62,63,65
4.6,7 Poisson Process 84
4.8Geometric,multinomial,
hypergeometric distributions
Review Ex. 4.87,4.95,4.96
Tutorial and Practice Ex.
1. Two fair dice are rolled. Let X equal the product of the 2 dice. Compute the probability
mass function of the R.V. X p(X=i), i=1,2,…,36
2. The probability mass function of a random variable X is given by the following table:
x 1 3 4 7
p(x) 3k 4k 6k 7k
Find 𝑘 , 𝑉𝑎𝑟(2 − 𝑋), 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 3|𝑋 ≤ 6)
3. Suppose the distribution function of the R.V. X is given by :
0 X 5
0.3 5 X 0
a) F ( x) 0.7 0 X 1
0.9 1 X 4
1 4 X
i) Plot the cdf F(x)
ii) Find the pmf p(x) of X
iii) P(1/2 < X < 3) , 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 0) and 𝑃(𝑋 > 1)
iv) Compute 𝜇𝑋 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎𝑋 .
4. Let
k (0.6) x X 1,2,3,....,
f ( x)
0 otherwise
be the pmf of the R.V X. Find k and the cdf of X, E[X] , and Var(X), hence compute
(a) E[(2+X)2]; (b) Var(4+3X)
5. A shipment of personal computers PCs has 2% defective PCs. If 10 PCs are selected at
random
a. What is the probability that at least one is defective ?
b. Find the mean number of defective PCs
Practice Problem –Set 3 Probability
Discrete Random Variables
6. Customers arrive at a service counter according to a Poisson process at an average of
20 customers per hour. Determine the probability that
i) At most 5 customers arrive during a 5-minute period.
ii) No customers arrive during a 5-minute period.
iii) If 10 such service counters are used at an office. Find the probability that at most
one service counter will have no customers during a 5-minute period.
7. Let the number of car accidents be a Poisson R.V. If the rate of car accidents in a road is
3 accidents in a day, compute
i) the probability of having no accidents in the afternoon interval (12 pm, 18 pm).
ii) the average and standard deviation of accidents in a week.
iii) the probability of having at least 6 accidents in a month.
8. A secretary makes 2 errors per page , on average. What is the probability that on the
next page she will make a) 4 or more errors , b) no errors.
9. The probability that a student passes the written test is 0.7. Find the probability that a
student will pass the test on het a) third try , b) before the fourth try.
10. Find the probability that a person flipping a coin gets
a. The third head on the seventh flip
b. The first head on the fourth flip
11. In In a championship, the team who wins 4 games of 7 is a winner. Team A has
probability 0.55 of winning over team B What is the probability that team A will win the
series in six games? What is the probability that team A will win the series? Hint. X is
negative binomial random variable.
12. In a lot of 100 items of which 12 are defective. What is the probability that in a smaple
of 10, 3 are defective. Hint. X is Hypergeometric R.V.
13. If in a manufacturing process on average ,1 every 100 item is defective. What is the
probability that the fifth item inspected is the first defective item found? Hint. X is a
geometric R.V.
14. If X is a binomial R.V. with expected value 6 and variance 2.4 , find P(X=5)