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In a normal distribution, $7 %$ of the items are under $35$ and $89 %$ are under $63$ . Determine the variance of the distribution.

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Let a pair of dice be thrown and the random variable

X

be the absolute value of the difference of the numbers that appear on the two dice. The expectation value

E (X)

X

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A discrete random variable $X$ takes values $10, 20, 30$ and $40$ , with probability $0.3, 0.3, 0.2, 0.2$ respectively. Then the expected value of $X$ is

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Given

E (X + c) = 8

and

E (X - c) = 12

. Then the value of

c

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In a random experiment of throwing

5

coins, the number of heads is defined as a random variable. The mean of the random variable is

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The p. d. f. of a random variable

x

is given by

f (x) = \{\begin{cases} \frac{1}{4 a}, (a > 0) & 0 < x < 4 a, \\ 0, & Otherwise \end{cases}

and

P (x < \frac{3 a}{2}) = k P (x > \frac{5 a}{2})

then

k = \dots \dots

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A six faced die is biased such that

3 \times P

(a prime number)

= 6 \times P

(a composite number)

= 2 \times P (1)

. Let

X

be a random variable that counts the number of times one gets a perfect square on some throws of this die. If the die is thrown twice, then the mean of

X

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Variance of the random variable

X

4

. Its mean is

2

. Then

E (X^{2})

is:

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For a normal curve, the greatest ordinate is

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Let

X

be a random variable such that the probability function of a distribution is given by

P (X = 0) = \frac{1}{2}, P (X = j) = \frac{1}{3^{j}} (j = 1, 2, 3, \dots, \infty) .

Then the mean of the distribution and

P (X

is positive and even

)

respectively, are:

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A box contains

6

red ball and

2

black balls. Two balls are drawn at random from it without replacement. If

X

denotes the number of red balls drawn, then

E (X)

is equal to

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Find the mean number of heads in three tosses of a fair coin:

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The mean and standard deviation of random variable

X

are

10

and

5

respectively, then

E {(\frac{X - 15}{5})}^{2} =

_________.

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Which of the following is not true regarding the normal distribution?

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Let

X

be a random variable having binomial distribution

B (7, p)

. If

P (X = 3) = 5 P (X = 4)

, then the sum of the mean and the variance of

X

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If the mean of a data

\bar{x}

10

and if all the observations are multiplied by

2

, then the mean of new data is

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If we change the parameter (s) of a ________ distribution the Sharpe of probability curve does not change.

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The quartile deviation of a normal distribution with mean

10

and standard deviation

4

is __________

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For the random variable $X$ with probability distribution is given by the table

$X = x$	$0$	$1$	$2$	$3$
$P (X = x)$	$K$	$K + \frac{1}{7}$	$2 K$	$\frac{2}{5}$

The mean of $X$ is

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What is the mean of $f (x) = 3 x + 2$ where $x$ is a random variable with probability distribution

$X = x$	$1$	$2$	$3$	$4$
$P (X = x)$	$\frac{1}{6}$	$\frac{1}{3}$	$\frac{1}{3}$	$\frac{1}{6}$

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If the height of the

300

students is normally distributed with mean

64.5

inches and standard deviation

3.3

inches, find the height below which

99 %

of the students lie

(P [0 < z < 2.33] = 0.49)

In a normal distribution, 7% of the items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. Determine the variance of the distribution.

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In a normal distribution, $7 %$ of the items are under $35$ and $89 %$ are under $63$ . Determine the variance of the distribution.