Unit 2: Probability Mass Function, Mean, and Variance of a Discrete Random Variable • Grade 11/12
Worksheet I
A. Compute for the mean of the following probability distributions. (15 points)
1. 𝑿 𝑷(𝑿) 2. 𝑿 𝑷(𝑿)
1
0 1 0.21
6
1
1 2 0.18
3
1
2 3 0.09
12
2
3 4 0.25
12
3
4 5 0.27
12
3. 𝑿 𝑷(𝑿) 4. 𝑿 𝑷(𝑿)
1
2 0 0.23
8
1
4 1 0.16
4
3
6 2 0.19
8
1
8 3 0.31
8
1
10 4 0.11
8
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Unit 2: Probability Mass Function, Mean, and Variance of a Discrete Random Variable • Grade 11/12
5. 𝑿 𝑷(𝑿)
1
0
9
2
1
9
1
2
3
1
3
6
1
4
6
B. Read and answer the following problems. (5 points)
1. Jenny wanted to report on the expected value of their company’s customer
satisfaction for the past year. Given the table below, would it be safe to say that
their company reached the 3-star average customer satisfaction?
Customer
Probability
Satisfaction
𝑷(𝑺)
(𝑺)
1 0.20
2 0.25
3 0.15
4 0.15
5 0.25
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