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The document outlines various statistical experiments involving random variables, including coin tosses, assembly times, service call durations, and binomial experiments. It covers the definition, values, and types of random variables, as well as probability distributions and calculations related to normal distributions. Additionally, it includes specific probability questions related to graduate school GPAs and examination completion times.

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2025-Tutorial 4

The document outlines various statistical experiments involving random variables, including coin tosses, assembly times, service call durations, and binomial experiments. It covers the definition, values, and types of random variables, as well as probability distributions and calculations related to normal distributions. Additionally, it includes specific probability questions related to graduate school GPAs and examination completion times.

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Tutorial 4

4.1. Consider the experiment of tossing a coin three times.


a. List the experimental outcomes.
b. Define a random variable that represents the number of heads occurring on the three
tosses.
c. Show what value the random variable would assume for each of the experimental
outcomes.
d. Is this random variable discrete or continuous?
4.2. Consider the experiment of a worker assembling a product.
a. Define a random variable that represents the time in minutes required to assemble the
product.
b. What values may the random variable assume?
c. Is the random variable discrete or continuous?
4.3. A technician services mailing machines at companies in the Phoenix area. Depending
on the type of malfunction, the service call can take 1, 2, 3, or 4 hours. The different types
of malfunctions occur at about the same frequency.
a. Develop a probability distribution for the duration of a service call.
b. Draw a graph of the probability distribution.
c. Show that your probability distribution satisfies the conditions required for a discrete
probability function.
d. What is the probability a service call will take three hours?
e. A service call has just come in, but the type of malfunction is unknown. It is 3:00 p.m.
and service technicians usually get off at 5:00 p.m. What is the probability the service
technician will have to work overtime to fix the machine today?
4.4. Consider a binomial experiment with n = 12 and p = 0.15.
a. Compute f(0).
b. Compute f(3).
c. Compute P(x ≤ 3).
d. Compute P(x ≥ 1).
e. Compute E(x).
f. Compute Var(x) and σ.
4.5. According to U.S. News & World Reports, 7 of the top 10 graduate schools of business
have students with an average undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher.
Suppose that we randomly select 2 of the top 10 graduate schools of business.
a. What is the probability that exactly one school has students with an average under-
graduate GPA of 3.50 or higher?
b. What is the probability that both schools have students with an average undergradu-
ate GPA of 3.50 or higher?
c. What is the probability that neither school has students with an average undergradu-
ate GPA of 3.50 or higher?
4.6. Given that z is a standard normal random variable, compute the following probabilities.
a. P(z ≤ -2.0)
b. P(z ≥ 2.0)
c. P(z ≥ -1.5)
d. P(z ≤ 2.5)
e. P(-1.7 ≤ z ≤ 1.7)
4.7. Given that z is a standard normal random variable, find z for each situation.
a. The area to the right of z is .2676.
b. The area between -z and z is .4246.
c. The area to the right of z is .0166.
d. The area to the left of z is .3594.
4.8. The time needed to complete a final examination in a particular college course is
normally distributed with a mean of 80 minutes and a standard deviation of 10 minutes.
Answer the following questions.
a. What is the probability of completing the exam in one hour or less?
b. What is the probability that a student will complete the exam in more than 60 minutes
but less than 75 minutes?
c. Assume that the class has 60 students and that the examination period is 90 minutes in
length. How many students do you expect will be unable to complete the exam in the
allotted time?

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