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Sta301 Assignment 2

The document contains 3 questions regarding probability distributions. Question 1 asks for the expected frequencies of a binomial distribution with n=5 trials and probability of success p=0.4. Question 2 asks for the mean and variance of a hypergeometric distribution with parameters N=50, K=5, n=3. Question 3 asks for the probability that a Poisson distribution with mean λ=4 will have a value greater than or equal to 2.

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Sta301 Assignment 2

The document contains 3 questions regarding probability distributions. Question 1 asks for the expected frequencies of a binomial distribution with n=5 trials and probability of success p=0.4. Question 2 asks for the mean and variance of a hypergeometric distribution with parameters N=50, K=5, n=3. Question 3 asks for the probability that a Poisson distribution with mean λ=4 will have a value greater than or equal to 2.

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Question No 1:

Solution:
Given
N = 100
n = 5;
x=0,1,2,3,4,5
Expected frequency = ?
5 x n− x
P X=x ) =C x (0.4) ( 0.6) , x=0 , 1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5
(

X Probability P(x) Expected frequency =


N*P(x)
5 0 5
0 C 0 (0.4) (0.6) 0.07776 * 100 = 7.776
5 1 4
1 C 1 (0.4) (0.6) 0.2592 * 100 = 25.92
5 2 3
2 C x (0.4) (0.6) 0.3456 * 100 = 34.56
5 3 2
3 C x (0.4) (0.6) 0.2304 * 100 = 23.04
5 4 1
4 C x (0.4) (0.6) 0.0768 * 100 = 7.68
5 5 0
5 C x (0.4) (0.6) 0.0102 * 100 = 1.024

Question No 2:
Solution:
The mean of the hypergeometric distribution h(x; N, K, n) is given by the formula:
E(X) = n * (K / N)
Given the specific parameters in the question (N = 50, K = 5, and n = 3), we can plug these values into the
formulas to get:
E(X) = 3 * (5 / 50)
= 3/10
= 0.3
The variance of the hypergeometric distribution h(x; N, K, n) is given by the formula:
Var(X) = n * (K / N) * ( (N - K) / N ) * ( (N - n) / (N - 1) )
Var(X) = 3 * (5 / 50) * ( (50 - 5) / 50) * ( (50 - 3) / 49)
Var(X) = 3/50
Var(X) = 0.06
Question No 3:
Solution:

The Poisson distribution with average lambda (λ) has the probability mass function (PMF) of:

P(X = k) = (λ^k * e^(-λ)) / k!

Where X is the random variable representing the number of typing errors per page, and k is the
number of typing errors.

We want to find the probability that X ≥ 2, which can be found by subtracting the probability of
X being less than 2 from 1.

P(X ≥ 2) = 1 - P(X < 2) = 1 - (P(X = 0) + P(X = 1))

We can use the PMF to find P(X = 0) and P(X = 1)

P(X = 0) = (4^0 * e^(-4)) / 0! = e^(-4)

P(X = 1) = (4^1 * e^(-4)) / 1! = 4e^(-4)

So P(X ≥ 2) = 1 - (e^(-4) + 4e^(-4)) = 1 - (5e^(-4))

= 1 - 0.018

= 0.982

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