MAT490

Special Topics in Mathematics

WEEK 1

1) Each day for twenty days a record store owner counts the number of customers who purchase an album by a
certain artist. The data and a dotplot of the data are shown below:

Data set: 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

Which of the following statements can be made using the given information?
A) The dotplot shows that this data has a roughly bell-shaped distribution.
B) On the first day of collecting data the record store owner had one person purchase an album by the
artist.
C) During the twenty days when the record store owner collected data, there were some days when no
one purchased an album by the artist.
D) None of these

2) Find the original data set from the stemplot given below.
45 0 0 1 5
46 2 2 3
47 8 9 9
A) 450, 451, 455, 462, 463, 478, 479 B) 45, 41, 45, 46, 42, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 49
C) 450, 450, 451, 455, 462, 462, 463 D) 450, 450, 451, 455, 462, 462, 463, 478, 479, 479

3) A random variable is generated when a variable's value is determined by using classical probability.

4) A small city has two taxi companies (A and B). Each taxi company has 5 taxis. A motel has told these
companies that they will randomly select a taxi company when one of its customers needs a cab. This
morning 3 cabs were needed. Assuming that no one individual taxi can be used more than once, what is the
probability that 2 of the cabs selected will be from Company A and the other will be from B?
A) 0.25 B) 0.583 C) 0.5 D) 0.417

5) Thirty-six of the staff of 80 teachers at a local intermediate school are certified in cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR). In 180 days of school, about how many days can we expect that the teacher on bus duty
will likely be certified in CPR?
A) 65 days B) 5 days C) 45 days D) 81 days

Complete the table for the function and find the indicated limit.
6) lim (x2 - 5)
x→0
x -0.1 -0.01 -0.001 0.001 0.01 0.1
f(x)

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Decide whether the limit exists. If it exists, find its value.
7) lim + f(x)
x→1
f(x)

4
3
2
1

-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 x
-1
-2
-3
-4

Decide whether or not the function is a probability density function on the indicated interval.
8) f(x) = 3 x 2; [3, 5]
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Find all points where the function is discontinuous.

9)

Find the cumulative distribution function for the given probability density function.
10) f(x) = 1 x - 1 ; [2, 4]
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Answer Key
Testname: MAT490 WEEK 1

1) A
2) D
3) FALSE
4) D
5) D
6) -4.9900; -4.9999; -5.0000; -5.0000; -4.9999; -4.9900
limit = -5.0
7) 3
8) Yes
9) x = 0
2
10) F(x) = x - x - 2 , 2 ≤ x ≤ 4
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