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Math 3215 Intro. Probability & Statistics Summer '14 Quiz 5

The document contains two probability questions: 1) A fast food chain promotion involves stickers A, B, C with probabilities of 0.12, 0.85, 0.03. The question asks for the probability of getting 10 A stickers and 5 C stickers among 100 total stickers. 2) A continuous random variable X has a probability density function of f(x)=|x| for -1<x<1. The question asks for the probability density function g(y) of Y=X^2 and the distribution of Y. The solution finds g(y)=1 for 0<y<1, meaning Y is uniformly distributed on the interval (0,1).

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Math 3215 Intro. Probability & Statistics Summer '14 Quiz 5

The document contains two probability questions: 1) A fast food chain promotion involves stickers A, B, C with probabilities of 0.12, 0.85, 0.03. The question asks for the probability of getting 10 A stickers and 5 C stickers among 100 total stickers. 2) A continuous random variable X has a probability density function of f(x)=|x| for -1<x<1. The question asks for the probability density function g(y) of Y=X^2 and the distribution of Y. The solution finds g(y)=1 for 0<y<1, meaning Y is uniformly distributed on the interval (0,1).

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Math 3215 Intro.

Probability & Statistics Summer ’14

Quiz 5

1. A certain fast food chain is doing a promotion where whenever you buy a hamburger you get
one of three stickers, and if you collect all three stickers you win free hamburgers for a year.
Suppose the three stickers are called A, B, C and the probability of a certain sticker being
A, B, or C is p1 = .12, p2 = .85, and p3 = .03, respectively. If I buy 100 hamburgers and
have 100 stickers, what is the probability that 10 of them are A and 5 of them are C stickers?
(10 pts.)
Solution: The joint p.m.f. of X1 , X2 , X3 the number of stickers of type A, B, C, respectively,
is given by the joint p.m.f. of a trinomial distribution with n = 100,
100!
f (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (.12)x1 (.85)x2 (.03)x3 , x1 + x2 + x3 = 100.
x1 !x2 !x3 !
So, the probability that X1 = 10 and X3 = 5 is given by
100!
f (10, 85, 5) = (.12)10 (.85)85 (.03)5 = .01146 .
10!85!5!
2

2. Let X be a continuous random variable with p.d.f. f (x) = |x|, −1 < x < 1. What is the p.d.f.
g(y) of Y = X 2 ? Be sure to state the support of g. How is Y distributed? (10 pts.)
Solution: We first find the cumulative distribution function G(y) of Y .
√
y
√ √
Z
2
G(y) = P (Y ≤ y) = P (X ≤ y) = P (− y ≤ X ≤ y) = √
|x| dx.
− y

To deal with this integral we need to split it up into two pieces, since f (x) = |x| is defined
piecewise. We have
Z √y
G(y) = √ |x| dx
− y
√
Z 0 Z y
= √
−(x) dx + x dx
− y 0
Z − √y √
y √ √
(− y)2 ( y)2
Z
= x dx + x dx = + = y.
0 0 2 2
0
So, G(y) = y, and hence g(y) = G (y) = 1, for 0 < y < 1. Hence, Y ∼ U(0, 1) is uniformly
distributed on the interval (0, 1).

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