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STATISTICS and PROBABILITY

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ACTIVITY no. 4.1

1. Four coins are tossed. Let Z be the random variable representing the number of heads that occur. Find the
values of the random variable Z.
Possible Outcomes Value of the Random Variable Z
(Number of Heads)

2. A shipment of 5 computers contains 2 that are slightly defective, is a retailer receives three of their
computers at random, list the element be the elements of the sample space 5 using the letter D and N
for defective and none defective computers respectively. to each sample point assign a value of X of
the random variable X representing which is slightly defective.
Possible Outcomes Value of the Random Variable Z
(Number of slightly defective computers)
3. Let T be a random variable giving the number of heads plus the number of tails in 3 tosses of a coin. List the
elements of the sample space S for the 3 tosses of the coin and assign a value to each sample point.

Possible Outcomes Value of the Random Variable Z

4. Classify the following random variables as discrete or continuous.


a. The number of defective computers produced by a manufacturer = discrete

b. The weight of newborns each year in a hospital = continuous

c. The number of siblings in a family of a region = discrete

d. The amount of paint utilized in a building project = continuous

e. The number of dropout in a school district for a period of 10 years = discrete

f. The speed of car = continuous

g. The number of female athletes = discrete

h. The time needed to finish the test = continuous

i. The amount of sugar in a cup of coffee = continuous

j. The number of people who are playing lotto each day = discrete

k. The number of accidents per year at an intersection = discrete

l. The number of voters favoring a candidate = discrete

m. The number of bushels of apples per hectare this year = discrete

n. The number of patient arrivals per hour at a medical clinic = discrete

o. The average amount of electricity consumed per household per month = continuous

p. The number of deaths per year attribute to lung cancer = discrete

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