Question

The following table represents the joint probability distribution of the discrete random variable (X, Y):

Y

X

1

2

3

1

0.2

0.2

0.1

2

0.1

0.3

0.1

Find
a) The marginal distributions.
b) The conditional distribution of Y given X = 2

04 Feb 2023
Answer :
Word Count : 227

Given,

x/y 1 2 3
1 0.2 0.2 0.1
2 0.1 0.3 0.1

a) To find the marginal distributions, we have to find the marginal totals, i.e. row totals and column totals as shown in the following table:

______ _________ ____ _________ __________ ____ __________ _________ _______ _______ _______.
_______ ___ _______ ______ _____ ____.
_________ _______ _____ ______ ___.
________ ________ _______ _____ ________ _____ _______ __________.
____ ________ _____ ______ ____ _______ _______.
_____ ______ ___ ____ ___ ______ __________ _______ _________.
____ _______ __________ _________ _______ _______ _______ ____ __________ ___ ______.
______ _________ ____ ____ _______ ___ ________ _____ ______ ________ ________.
________ ______ ____ _______ _______ ______ ________ ________ ___ _________.
___ ___ ___ _______ _______ ___ _________ _______.
___ _______ _________ ____ _______ _________ ________.
______ ________ ___ ______ _________ ______ ___ ________ _______ __________.
_____ ________ ________ _______ ______ ___ __________ _____ _____ _______.
________ ______ _____ ____ _______ ___ _________ _____ _______ ________ ______ ______.
____ ____ ____ ________ _______ _________ ___.
___ ____ ______ _______ ________.
_________ _____ ____ ___ _______ ___ ________ __________.
_____ ________ _____ _______ _______ _________ __________ ________.
_______ _________ ________ _______ __________ _____ _______ ___ ______ ______ _________ _______.
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Y

X

1

2

3

1

0.2

0.2

0.1

2

0.1

0.3

0.1

An insurance company selected 6000 drivers from a city at random in order to find a relationship between age and accidents. The following table shows the results to these 6000 drivers.

Age of drivers (in years) Class Interval

Accidents in one year

0

1

2

3

4 or more

18 – 25

700

310

225

110

85

25 – 40

1100

290

200

105

80

40 – 50

1200

235

175

80

55

50 and above

600

205

140

70

35

If the probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction from an injection of a given  serum is 0.002, determine the probability that out of 400 individuals
(i) exactly 2
(ii) more than 3
(iii) at least one
 individuals suffer from bad reaction.

A die is rolled. If the outcome is a number greater than 2, what is the probability that it is an odd prime number?

A player tosses two unbiased coins. He wins Rs. 10 if 2 heads appear, Rs. 5 if one head appears and Rs 1 if no head appears. Find the expected value of the amount won by him.

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