A stop sign is shown. Each side measures 12.4 inches and the distance from any side to the opposite is 30 inches. Divide the sto
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Answer:
In order to find the variance we need to find first the second moment given by:
And replacing we got:
The variance is calculated with this formula:
And the standard deviation is just the square root of the variance and we got:
Step-by-step explanation:
Previous concepts
The expected value of a random variable X is the n-th moment about zero of a probability density function f(x) if X is continuous, or the weighted average for a discrete probability distribution, if X is discrete.
The variance of a random variable X represent the spread of the possible values of the variable. The variance of X is written as Var(X).
Solution to the problem
LEt X the random variable who represent the number of defective transistors. For this case we have the following probability distribution for X
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) 0.92 0.03 0.03 0.02
We can calculate the expected value with the following formula:
And replacing we got:
In order to find the variance we need to find first the second moment given by:
And replacing we got:
The variance is calculated with this formula:
And the standard deviation is just the square root of the variance and we got:
Answer:
3.84% probability that it has a low birth weight
Step-by-step explanation:
Problems of normally distributed samples are solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the zscore of a measure X is given by:
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this problem, we have that:
If we randomly select a baby, what is the probability that it has a low birth weight?
This is the pvalue of Z when X = 2500. So
has a pvalue of 0.0384
3.84% probability that it has a low birth weight