SH1660

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Tally Me
Random Variables

Direction: Read the selections carefully. (50 points)

I. Classify the following random variables as discrete or continuous. (5 items x 2 points)

_______ 1. The number of cellphone units of GHI Mobile Company sold on a given day
_______ 2. The number of correct answers in a 50-item multiple choice test
_______ 3. The number of nonproductive hours in an eight-hour workday
_______ 4. The length of life (in hours) of a light bulb
_______ 5. The number of vehicular accidents each year in Cainta, Rizal

II. Supply the table with the corresponding random variable and/or the possible values of the
random variable for each experiment. (4 items x 2 points)

Possible values (!)

Experiment Random Variable ( ) for the Random
Variable
Number of customers who
1. Contacting 10 customers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
placed a complaint

2. Inspection of shipment of
0, 1, 2, … , 99, 100
100 laptops

3. Filling a bottle of water

0 ≤ & ≤ 500
(maximum of 500 #$.)

Temperature when the

4. Testing of new chemical desired reaction takes place
process (minimum of 40 ˚*;
maximum of 90˚ +)

0 if male; 1 if
5. Selling an automobile
female

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III. An overseas shipment of five (5) foreign automobiles contain two (2) with slight paint blemishes.
If an agency receives three (3) of these automobiles at random, list the elements of the sample
space - using the letters B and N for “blemished” and “non-blemished”, respectively. For each
sample point, assign a value & of the random variable / representing the number of automobiles
purchased by the agency with paint blemishes. Hint: There are eight (8) elements in the sample
space. (16 items x 2 points)

Sample Space - &

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