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Pre-Test
Instruction: Answer the following.
1. Give an example of an event that is using a random variable in finding the results.
Discussion
Random Variables
Discrete and Continuous Random Variables:
A variable is a quantity whose value changes.
A discrete variable is a variable whose value is obtained by counting.
Examples:
The probability distribution of a random variable X tells what the possible values
of X are and how probabilities are assigned to those values
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The probability that X is between an interval of numbers is the area under the
density curve between the interval endpoints
Post Test
Instruction: Answer the following.
1. Family has 3 children. Probability of type A is for each child. What are the
probabilities of 0, 1, 2, or 3 with type A?
2. A die is thrown repeatedly until a 6 is obtained. Find the probability density function
for the number times we throw the die.
HH
2
HT
1
TH
1
TT
0
OOO
1/8
0
OOA
1/8
1
OAO
1/8
1
AOO
1/8
1
OAA
1/8
2
AOA
1/8
2
AAO
1/8
2
2. A die is thrown repeatedly until a 6 is obtained. Find the probability density function
for the number times we throw the die.
Solution:
Let X be the random variable representing the number of times we throw the die.
P(X = 1) = 1/6 (if we only throw the die once, we get a 6 on our first throw. The
probability of this is 1/6).
P(X = 2) = (5/6) (1/6) (if we throw the die twice before getting a 6, we must
throw something that isn't a 6 with our first throw, the probability of which is 5/6 and
we must throw a 6 on our second throw, the probability of which is 1/6)
In general, P(X = x) = (5/6)(x-1) (1/6).
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