S2 Exercise 1B
S2 Exercise 1B
S2 Exercise 1B
1 X ~ B(9, 0.2)
b P( X < 3) =
P( X 2) = 0.7382 (tables)
2 X ~ B(20, 0.35)
b P( X > 6) =
1 − P( X 6) = 0.5834 (tables)
1 − 0.4166 =
3 a Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 19, n = 40 and p = 0.47,
P(X < 20) = P(X 19) = 0.5888
b Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 16, n = 40 and p = 0.47,
P(X > 16) = 1 − P(X 16) = 0.7662
c Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 10 and 15, n = 40 and p = 0.47,
P(11 X 15) = P(X 15) − P(X 10) = 0.1478 − 0.0036 = 0.1442
d Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 10 and 16, n = 40 and p = 0.47,
P(10 < X < 17) = P(X 16) − P(X 10) = 0.2338 − 0.0036 = 0.2302
4 a Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 20, n = 37 and p = 0.65,
P(X > 20) = 1 − P(X 20) = 0.8882
b Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 26, n = 37 and p = 0.65,
P(X 26) = 0.7992
c Using the binomial cumulative function on a calculator where x = 19 and 14, n = 37 and p = 0.65,
P(15 X < 20) = P(X 19) − P(X 14) = 0.06061 − 0.00068 = 0.05993
5 X = ‘number of heads’
X ~ B(8, 0.5) (coins are fair so p = 0.5)
a P( X= 0) 8
= (0.5)= 0.0039 (tables)
1 − 0.0352 =
b P( X 2) = 1 − P( X 1) = 0.9648 (tables)
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1 − 0.6367 =
5 c P( X 5) = 1 − P( X 4) = 0.3633 (tables)
c P(3
= X 6) P( X 6) − P( X 2) = 0.9434 − 0.2361 = 0.7073 (tables)
7 X ~ B(50, 0.40)
a P( X 13) = 0.0280
P( X 14) = 0.0540 (tables)
∴k = 13
b P( X 27) = 0.9840
⇒ P( X > 27)= 0.0160 > 0.01
P( X 28) = 0.9924
⇒ P( X > 28)= 0.0076 < 0.01
∴r = 28
8 X ~ B(40, 0.10)
c P(kX r ) = P( X r ) − P( X k − 1)
= P( X 9) − P( X = 0)
= 0.9949 − 0.0148
= 0.9801
9 a A suitable distribution is X ~ B (10, 0.30). Assumptions: There are two possible outcomes of each
trial, listen or don’t listen. There is a fixed number of trials, 10, and fixed probability of success,
0.3. Each resident in the sample is assumed to listen independently.
b P( X 5) =
1 − P( X 4) = 0.1503 (tables)
1 − 0.8497 =
a P(=
X < 2) P(
= X 1) 0.2794 (tables)
b P( X > 5) =
1 − P( X 5) = 0.0378 (tables)
1 − 0.9622 =
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