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Understanding Probability Distribution

The document explains the concept of probability distribution for discrete random variables, emphasizing that probabilities must be between 0 and 1 and sum to 1. It provides an example involving a hotdog seller, Mary, who analyzes her sales data to create a probability distribution table for the number of hotdogs sold per transaction. The document outlines how to estimate the probability for each possible outcome of the random variable X, representing the number of hotdogs sold.

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Understanding Probability Distribution

The document explains the concept of probability distribution for discrete random variables, emphasizing that probabilities must be between 0 and 1 and sum to 1. It provides an example involving a hotdog seller, Mary, who analyzes her sales data to create a probability distribution table for the number of hotdogs sold per transaction. The document outlines how to estimate the probability for each possible outcome of the random variable X, representing the number of hotdogs sold.

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Probability

Distribution
Group 8
Shahara T. Jaani
&
Sadimar S. Asari
Probability Distribution
The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X
shows the probabilities associated with all possible outcomes.
The probabilities must satisfy the following conditions.

1. Each probability must be between 0 and 1.

2. The sum of all the probabilities is 1.


Example 2.1
Mary sells homemade hotdogs. Because of the growing sales of her
business, she wishes to analyze her sales to decide if she needs to
expand. The following table shows the collected data from last month.
Number of Hotdogs Number of
Sold per Transaction Customers
1 235
2 160
3 55
4 35
5 10
6 5
Total 500
If Mary wants to know the probability of getting a specific number of orders per
transaction, then she must make a probability distribution table.

Let X represent the number of hotdogs sold per customer. Remember that a random
variable is represented by an upper case letter. We now estimate the probability for
each value of X, that is, the probability that the random variable X takes on some
value x. In symbol, P (X = x).
Number of Hotdogs Number of P(X=x)
Sold per Transaction Customers
1 235
2 160
3 55
4. 35
5 10
6 5
Total 500
The graph of the distribution may look like the following:
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