More Discrete Probability Distributions

In a certain community, 30% of households have 1 child, 43% have 2 children, and 27% have 3 children. If a household is selected at random, what is the expected number of children in that household? HINT: A Probability table may be helpful.

• 2.00

• 2.13

• 1.97

• 1.27

The table above shows a television station's advertisement sales. The distribution of sales for one 24-hour day is given. Solve for the mean. Round to the nearest hundredth.

• 31.80

• 15.68

• 0.20

• 1.00

Classify: The numbers of cheeseburgers a fast-food restaurant serves each day

• Discrete

• Continuous

Which one of the following is a discrete random variable?

• Sam's height

• Sam weight

• Time Sam's runs the 110 m hurdles

• Amount of Sam's brothers and sisters

Is this a probability distribution?

• No

• Yes

The table represents the probability of guessing correct on a 5 question true-false quiz. Find the mean and the standard deviation.

• μ = .4; σ = 7.5

• μ = 2.5; σ = 1.1

• μ = 3; σ = 1.3

• μ = .1; σ = 0

The table above shows the number of cell phones per household in a small town. Find the standard deviation. Round to the nearest hundredth.

• 0.80

• 1.70

• 1.30

• 1.00

The table above shows a television station's advertisement sales. The distribution of sales for one 24-hour day is given. Solve for the standard deviation. Round to the nearest hundredth.

• 45.81

• 266.2

• 16.30

• 0.20

Given the probability distribution, what is P(X < 1)?

What is the numerical quantity assigned to the outcome of an experiment usually denoted by an uppercase letter such as X?

• Frequency

• Probability

• Random variable

• Sample