Math 5-Comm-M Term 231
Math 5-Comm-M Term 231
(2) A box contains 4 red, 7 white and 9 blue balls. At random, four balls are selected
simultaneously. The probability that the selection contains at most 2 red balls is:
(a) 0.987 (b) 0.989 (c) 0.897
(3) A box contains 2 red, 3 white and 3 blue balls. At random, three balls are selected
simultaneously. If x is the number of red balls in the selection, then the values of the Pdf
f(x) are:
120 180 36
(𝑎) 𝑓(0) = , 𝑓(1) = , 𝑓(2) =
336 336 336
120 180 36
(𝑏) 𝑓(1) = , 𝑓(2) = , 𝑓(3) =
336 336 336
36 180 120
(𝑐) 𝑓(0) = , 𝑓(1) = , 𝑓(2) =
336 336 336
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(4) If x is random variable with Pdf 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 5 𝑒 −𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0. Then
120
𝑥 = 1, 3, 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 1, 4, 9. Then
27 7
(a) 𝑥 = 3.25 , 𝑦 = 6 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = − , P(x > 1, y > 4) =
16 16
27 7
(b) 𝑥 = 2.35 , 𝑦 = 5 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = , P(x > 1, y ≥ 4) =
16 16
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(c) 𝑥 = 3.52 , 𝑦 = 6 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = − , P(x > 1, y ≥ 4) =
16 16
(9)If x and y are random variables with join Pdf: 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 2𝑒 −𝑥−2𝑦 , 𝑥, 𝑦 ≥ 0. Then
(a) 𝑥 = 1 , 𝑦 = 0.5 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = 0 (b) 𝑥 = 1 , 𝑦 = 1 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = 0.5
(c) 𝑥 = 1 , 𝑦 = 1 , 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = 1
2 1
(10)If x and y are random variables with join Pdf: 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = where x, y in
3𝜋 √𝑥 2 +𝑦2