4.02 Quiz Creating Probability Distributions
Question: Which probability distribution table represents the frequency table?
x f
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0 - 5
1 - 10
2 - 15
3 - 5
4 - 15
Answer: x P
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0 - 0.1
1 - 0.2
2 - 0.3
3 - 0.1
4 - 0.3
Question: Which probability distribution table represents the data shown in the histogram?
Answer: Yellow - 0.2
Red - 0.2
Orange - 0.2
Blue - 0.2
Green - 0.2
Question: In a medical study, the heights of a group of men were measured to the nearest inch. There were 120 men with heights of 60-64 inches, 280 with 65-69, 312 with 70-74, and 162 with 75-79.
Which probability distribution table best reflects the data?
Answer: 60-64: 0.137
65-69: 0.320
70-74: 0.357
75-79: 0.185
Question: Why is the table not a probability distribution table?
0 - 0.25
1 - 0.45
2 - 0.0
3 - 0.35
Answer: The sum of the probabilities is 1.05.
Question: What is the value of n using the probability distribution table?
Red - 1/3
Blue - 1/8
Gold - n
Silver - 1/6
Answer: 3/8