MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION

1. In a gambling game , a player is paid P10 if he draws a jack or a queen, and P15 if he draws a king or an ace from
an ordinary deck of 52 cards. If he draws any other card, he losses. How much should he pay to play if the game
is fair?
2. If a dealers profit in units of P250,000, on a new automobile can be looked upon as a random variable X as
2(1 ) 0<<1
having the density function () = { . Find the average profit per automobile.
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3. Suppose that the probabilities are 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 respectively, that, 0,1,2 or 3 power failure will strke a
certain subdivision in any given year. Find the mean and variance of the random variable X, representing the
number of power failures striking this subdivision.

DISCRETE UNIFORM, BINOMIAL AND MULTINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

1. A box contains 12 similarly shaped colored balls. Let the random variable X represent the number on the ball
(numbered from 1-12) and ball is drawn from box. What is the probability distribution of X. what is the mean
and variance of X?
2. A new surgical procedure is said to be successful 80% of the time. Suppose the operation is performed five times
and the results are assumed to be independent of one another. Find the probability that
a. all five operations are successful
b. exactly four are successful
c. less than two are successful
3. One prominent physician claims that 70% of those with lung cancer chain smoker. If his assertion is correct, find
the probability that such 10 patients recently admitted to a hospital, fewer than half are chain smokers.
4. According to a genetics theory, a certain cross of guinea pigs will result in red, black, and white offspring in the
ratio 8:4:4. Find the probability that among 8 offspring, 5 will be red, 2 will be black and 1 will be white.

HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION
1. In a Midwestern city, a growing number of persons pursuing a teaching profession are choosing paid internship
over a traditional student teaching programs. A group of eight candidates for three local teaching positions
consisted of five candidates who had enrolled in paid internship and those candidates who had enrolled in
traditional student teaching programs. Assume that all eight candidates are equally qualified for the positions.
Find the probability that
a. Three internship-trained candidates are hired for these positions
b. At least one of the internship-trained candidates hired for these three positions
2. What is the probability that a waitress will refuse to serve alcoholic beverage to only 2 minors if she randomly
checks the IDs of 5 students from among 9 students on which 4 are not of legal age?
3. From a lot of 10 missiles, 4 are selected at random and fired. If the lot contains 3 defective missiles that will not
fire, what is the probability that
a. All 4 will fire?
b. At most 2 will not fire?

NEGATIVE BINOMIAL AND GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION

1. The probability that a person living in Manila owns an air-conditioner is 0.04. find the probability that the eight
person randomly interviewed in this city is the second one to own an air conditioner.
2. In a certain manufacturing process. It is known that, on the average, 1 in every 100 items is defective. What is
the probability that
a. The fourth item inspected is the third defective item found
b. The sixth item inspected is the third non-defective item found
3. Consider a roulette wheel consisting of 38 numbers-1 through 36, 0 and double 0. If John always bets that the
outcome will be one of the numbers from 1 through 12, what is the probability that John will lose his first 5
bets?what is the probability that his first win occurs on his fourth bet?
4. What is the probability of passing the board exam before the third try, if the probability of passing the board
exam is 30% what is the probability of passing on the second take?
POISSON DISTRIBUTION
1. The number of paint blisters produced by an automated plating process is Poisson distributed with a rate of 0.06
blisters per square meter. The process is about to be used to paint an item that measures 5 by 12m. what is the
probability that the finished surface will have
a. No blisters at all?
b. Between five and eight blisters, inclusive?
c. More than 2 blisters?
2. The number of telephone calls passing through a switchboard has Poisson distribution 3t where t is the time in
minutes, find the probability that
a. 2 calls in 1 minute
b. 5 calls in 2 minutes
c. At least one call in one minute