Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering & Technology, Vasai
Department of Computer Science Engineering.
Academic Year-2025-26
Tutorial - 6
Subj: Mathematics for Computer Engineering Year/Sem: SE/III
Date of assignment: Date of Submission:
Module 6: Probability
CO: Apply the concept of probability and expectation for getting the spread of the data and
distribution of probabilities.
SESSION 1
[Link]. Questions
𝐴 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑋 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
1.
X 0 1 2 3
P(X=x) 1/6 1/3 1/3 1/6
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒.
2. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 4 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑋 𝑎𝑟𝑒 1.5 ,
17, −30 𝑎𝑛𝑑 108. 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 , 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜇3
3. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑋 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃(𝑋 = 1) = 2𝑃(𝑋 = 2)
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑃(𝑋 = 3)
4. 𝐴 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 , 0.1 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 500 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 100 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠, ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠
𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 ( 𝒊) 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 (𝒊𝒊) 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.
5. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 . 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 1000 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 42 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 24. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
(𝒊) 𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 50 (𝒊𝒊) 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 30 & 54 (𝒊𝒊𝒊) 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑝 100 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
6. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 7% 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 35 𝑎𝑛𝑑 89% 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 63.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?
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