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THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

DEPARTMENT OF AND STATISTICS

ST 121: Probability Theory 2018/2019

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS_2

QUESTION ONE

The number of daily car inspections y performed at a certain state auto inspection station has

a probability distribution given by

5 
P( y ) =   (0.7) y (0.3)5− y , y = 0,1, 2,3, 4,5.
 y

i) Find the cumulative distribution function of Y.


ii) Calculate the probability that the inspection station will perform at least 3 cars
inspection in a day.
iii) Find the expected number of cars being inspected in a day.

QUESTION TWO

a) Suppose X be a binomial random variable with density function given by


n
P( x) =   ( p) x (q) n− x , x = 0,1, 2,......n
 x
i) Find the moment generating function of X .
ii) Use the result in (i) above to find the mean and variance of X .
b) If X and Y are independent random variables, with X ~ B(n1 , p ) and Y ~ B(n2 , p) .
Using moment generating function prove that a random variable

Z = X + Y ~ B(n1 + n2 , p)

QUESTION THREE

Malaria is a debilitating and potentially deadly parasitic infection that is mostlypreventable and
curable, yet many developing countries like Tanzania lack the necessary resources. The West
African country Guinea has the highest rate of malaria in the world, with 75 % of its population
infected. A physician from doctors without Borders sees 6 patients in a given hour.
Assuming that patients visits are independent, what is the probability that all of them are
infected? What is the probability that all but 1 of these 6 patients are infected with malaria?

QUESTION FOUR
The presence of bacteria in a urine sample (bacteriuria) is sometimes associated with symptoms
of kidney disease in women. Suppose that a determination of bacteriuria has been made over a
large population of women at one point in time and that 5 % of those sampled are positive for
bacteriuria.
a) If a sample of size 5 is selected from this population, what would be the probability that 1 or
more women would be positive for bacteriuria?
b) Suppose 100 women from this population are sampled. What is the probability that 3 or more
women would be positive for bacteriuria?
QUESTION FIVE
The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that 3 % of adult American women are
underweight, 47 % have a healthy weight and 50 % are overweight (including obese individuals).
A gynecologist sees 3 patients for a routine exam.
a) What is the probability that the first one has a healthy weight and the next two are
overweight?
b) What is the probability that the second patient as a healthy weight and the other two are
overweight?
c) What is the probability that the first two are overweight and the last one has a healthy
weight?
d) Using the results from (a) and (c) give the probability that, out of any three patients, one
has a healthy weight and two are overweight.

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