SOCR EduMaterials Activities Discrete Probability examples
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If the probabilities of having a male or female offspring are both 0.50, find the probability that a familiy's fifth child is their first son. | If the probabilities of having a male or female offspring are both 0.50, find the probability that a familiy's fifth child is their first son. | ||
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- | *<math> | + | *<math>P(X=5)= 0.50^5=0.03125</math> |
* '''Example 3:''' | * '''Example 3:''' | ||
**a. <math>X \sim b(4,0.8) </math>, <math> P(X=2)= {4 \choose 2} 0.8^2 0.2^2=0.1536</math> | **a. <math>X \sim b(4,0.8) </math>, <math> P(X=2)= {4 \choose 2} 0.8^2 0.2^2=0.1536</math> |
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- Description: You can access the applets for the distributions at http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Distributions.html .
- Example 1:
Find the probability that 3 out of 8 plants will survive a frost, given that any such plant will survive a frost with probability of 0.30. Also, find the probability that at least 1 out of 8 will survive a frost. What is the expected value and standard deviation of the number of plants that survive the frost?
- Answer:
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- Example 2:
If the probabilities of having a male or female offspring are both 0.50, find the probability that a familiy's fifth child is their first son.
- Answer:
- P(X = 5) = 0.505 = 0.03125
- Example 3:
- a. ,
- b.
- Example 4:
- 0.740.3 = 0.07203
- Example 5:
- Example 6:
- a. ,
- b. P(X = 0) = 1 − 0.999 = .001
0.001 = 0.1n n = 3