In: Statistics and Probability
1) You study the number of cups of coffee consumer per day by students and discover that it follows a discrete uniform probability distribution with possible values for x of 0, 1, 2 and 3.
What is the expected value of the random variable x?
2) The weight of cats is a continuous random variable and has a normal distribution with a mean of 10.27 pounds and a standard deviation of 4.26 pounds.
What is the probability that a randomly chosen cat weighs exactly 11.327 pounds?
3) A florist looks at his sales and discovers that the probability that a randomly selected flower sold is a rose is 0.40.
The probability that a randomly selected flower sold is white is 0.10.
The probability that a randomly selected flower sold is a white rose is 0.03.
Given that a randomly selected flower sold is white, what is the probability that it is also a rose?
4) During the past five years, the probability that a California consumer has bought a burrito (event B) is 0.70 and the probability that a California consumer has bought a Honda (event H) is 0.10.
The probability that a California consumer has bought both a burrito and Honda in the past five years is 0.05.
Are the purchases of burritos and Hondas in the past five years among California consumers independent events?