Properties of Probability Distributions

Question 1

A coin is tossed two times. The set of outcomes is given as S = {HH, HT, TH, TT}. Let X represent the number of times heads occurs. Complete the table. a =

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0.25

Question 2

b =

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0.5

Question 3

c =

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0.25

Question 4

In a survey, 100 people were asked how many car accidents they had in the past year. The estimated probability distribution for the number of accidents is shown in the table. Using the data from the table, what is the probability of having exactly 1 accident in a year?

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0.080

Question 5

The graph on the right shows the theoretical probability of getting a given number heads in ten flips of a fair coin. If this experiment was performed many times you would expect an average of heads.

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5

Question 6

What type of data distribution is shown on the graph?

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negatively skewed

Question 7

The probability of having less than 3 accidents in a year is .

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0.995

Question 8

Approximately, what is the probability of getting 4, 5, or 6 heads?

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65%

Question 9

The mean is .

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less than the median

Question 10

The mode is

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greater than the median

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