Random Variables and its Probability Distributions

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Random Variables and its Probability Distributions: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Random Variable, Probability Distribution of a Random Variable, Mean/Expectation of a Random Variable, Variance of a Random Variable & Standard Deviation of a Random Variable etc.

Important Questions on Random Variables and its Probability Distributions

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di is the deviation of class mark yi from "a" the assumed mean and fi is the frequency, if Mg=x+1fifidi, then x is

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5 boys and 5 girls are sitting in a row randomly. The probability that boys and girls sit alternatively, is

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Let X be a random variable taking values x1,x2,xn with probabilities p1,p2,.,pn respectively, then var x is

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Given EX+c=8 and EX-c=12. Then the value of c is

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A one-rupee coin, a two-rupee coin, a five coin and a ten-rupee coin are tossed simultaneously. Then the expected value of the sum of the values of coins that show heads up is

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The p.d.f. of a continuous random variable X is given by f(x)=x2,0<x<20, elsewhere . Then its mean is 

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If the variance of a random variable X is 8 and its mean is 2 then the expectation of X2 is 

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If the probability mass function of X is given by the following table 

X 0 1 2
P(X=x) 144169 1169 K
 then the value of K is 

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A die is tossed 50 times and μ,ν denotes the expected value of mean and variance respectively of number of times the face 4 appears, then

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If the probability distribution function of a random variable is given as
 

xi -2 -1 0 1 2
PX=xi 0.2 0.3 0.15 0.25 0.1
Then F0=

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In a city 10 accidents take place in a span of 50 days. Assuming that the number of accidents follows the Poisson distribution, the probability that three or more accidents occur in a day, is

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The variance of the first 50 even natural numbers is

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A random variable X has the probability distribution given below.

X 1 2 3 4 5
PX=x k 2k 3k 2k k

Its variance is

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For a random variable X,EX=3 and EX2=11. Then, variance of X is

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If the random variable X takes the values x1, x2, ........., x10 with probability PX=xi=ki, then the value of k is equal to

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A random variable X can attain only the value 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with respective probabilities k, 2k, 3k, 2k, k. If m is the mean of the probability distribution, then k,m is equal to

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A manufacturer of copper pins knows that 5% of his product are defective. He sells pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees that not more than one pin will be defective in a box. In order to find the probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality, the probability distribution one has to employ is

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At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone calls regarding relevant enquiry follow poisson distribution with an average of 5 phone calls during 10 min time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone cell during a 10 min time period, is

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The probability distribution of a random variable X is given as 

X 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
   P(X) p 2p 3p 4p 5p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p 12p
Then, the value of p is

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A random variable X has Poisson distribution with mean 2. The PX>1.5 equals