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Estadística y Probabilidad UNIBE

This document contains 6 statistics and probability problems with solutions. Problem 1 finds probabilities for rolling a die and tossing a coin. Problem 2 finds the probability of drawing a red ball from a box. Problem 3 calculates the mean and standard deviation of a random variable. Problem 4 counts the number of ways to form a committee. Problem 5 calculates the mean of a frequency table. Problem 6 finds the weighted mean of 5 test scores.

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Estadística y Probabilidad UNIBE

This document contains 6 statistics and probability problems with solutions. Problem 1 finds probabilities for rolling a die and tossing a coin. Problem 2 finds the probability of drawing a red ball from a box. Problem 3 calculates the mean and standard deviation of a random variable. Problem 4 counts the number of ways to form a committee. Problem 5 calculates the mean of a frequency table. Problem 6 finds the weighted mean of 5 test scores.

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Statistics and Probability Problems

Minería de datos

Profesor: Luis Bayonet

Sección: 01

José Germán 18-0200

Universidad Iberoamericana

31 de mayo de 2020
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY PROBLEMS

1. When a die is rolled and a coin (with Heads and Tails) is tossed, find the
probability of obtaining 

a) Tails and an even number

3/12 = 1/4

b) a number greater 3

6/12 = 1/2

c) Heads or an odd number, 

3/4

2. A box contains red and green balls. The number of green balls is 1/3 the
number of red balls. If a ball is taken randomly from the box, what is the
probability that the ball is red? 3/4

3. The probability distribution of a random variable X is given in the table


below 

x P(X = x)
0 0.24
1 0.38
2 0.20
3 0.13
4 0.05
Find the mean μ and the standard deviation σ of X. 

a. μ = Σ x P (X = x) = 0×0.24 + 1×0.38 + 2×0.20 + 3×0.13 + 4×0.05 = 1.37

b. using formula:

σ = √ [ Σ x2 P (X = x) - μ2]

= √ [ 02×0.24 + 12×0.38 + 22×0.2 + 32×0.13 + 42×0.05 - 1.372]

= 1.13 (rounded to 2 decimal places)

4. A committee of 6 people is to be formed from a group of 20 people. The


committee has to have the number of women double that of the men. In how
many ways can this committee be formed if there are 12 men? 

If there 12 men, then there are 8 women. The committee has six people with the
number of women double that of the men, hence the committee has 4 women and
2 men. The number of ways of selecting 4 women from 8 is given 8C4 = 70. The
number of ways of selecting 2 men from 12 is given by 12C2 = 66. The number of
selecting 4 women and 2 men to form the committee is given by : 8C4 × 12C2 = 70
× 66 = 4620

5. Calculate the mean μ of the discrete data given in the frequency table
below.

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
f 2 6 10 6 2 2

μ = Σxi × fi / Σfi

Σxi × fi = 1×2 + 2×6 + 3×10 + 4×6 + 5×2 + 6×2 = 90

Σfi = 2 + 6 + 10 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 28

μ = 90 / 28 = 3.21 (rounded to 2 decimal places)


6. A student's marks in five tests are 36%, 78%, 67%, 88% and 98%. The
weights for the five tests are 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 respectively. Find the weighted mean
μ of the five tests.

Let the marks be: x1 = 36%, x2 = 78%, x3 = 67%, x4 = 88%, x5 = 98% and the

respective weights be: w1 = 1, w2 = 2, w3 = 2, w4 = 3, w5 = 3.

The weighted mean = Σ xi×wi / Σ wi

Σ xi×wi = 36% × 1 + 78%×2 + 67%×2 + 88%×3 + 98%×3 = 884%

Σ wi = 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 11

weighted mean = 884% / 11 = 80%

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