MAA 161 STATISTICS FOR SCIENCES STUDENTS

Solutions of Tutorial 5
1. a. P(2 or 3 applications) = 0.2 + 0.15 = 0.35
b.
= 1.55
= 1.8075
= 1.3444
2.
X
P(X)

0
1/16

1
1/4

2
3/8

3
1/4

4
1/16

2/5

P(X)

3/10

1/5

1/10

0
0

2
Number of girls

3. Let x = cost to play the game

P(ace) = 1/13
P(face card) = 3/13
P(2-10) = 9/13
For a fair game, E(X) = 0
-20(1/13) + 10(3/13) + 2(9/13) x = 0
x = $2.15
4. n = 20, p = 0.75, x = 16
P(16 have eaten pizza for breakfast)
=

20

C16 (0.75)16 (1 0.75) 4

= 0.1897
5. n = 8, p = 0.25
X 3 0.8862

6. n = 150, p = 0.8
= 150(0.8) = 120
= 150(0.8)(0.2) = 24
= 4.8990
7. P(1 vegetable & 2 fruits)
8

C1 C 2
26

C3

= 0.0862
10

8. P(2) =

40

C 2 C3
50

C5

= 0.2098

9. Let X = the number of calls per hour

a. P(X 6) = 0.5543
b. P(X 4) = 0.8488
c. P(X 5) = 0.4457
10. = np = 400
P(5) = 0.1203

= 3.3