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Law of Total Probability Given a sequence of mutually

exclusive events S1, S2, · · · , Sn. If event A ⊂ ∪ni=1Si and
P(Si) > 0, then
P(A) = P(S1)P(A|S1) + · · · + P(Sn)P(A|Sn)

Proof: Since (A ∩ Si) ∩ (A ∩ Sj ) = φ for any i 6= j, this

means that the sequence {(A ∩ Si), i = 1, · · · , n} are mu-
tually exclusive, according to the second condition of
the definition of probability, we have
P(A) = P(A ∩ S1) + · · · + P(A ∩ Sn).
Since
P(A ∩ Si) = P(Si)P(A|Si) for i = 1, · · · , n,
the law of total probability is proved.
Example 7.1 A fair coin is flipped. If a head turns up,
a fair die is tossed; if a tail turns up, two fair dice are
tossed. What is the probability of the event B that the
sum of the appearing number(s) is equal to 6?
1
Solution: Since P(H) = 2 and P(T ) = 12 , and
1
P(B|H) =
6
5
P(B|T ) =
36
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{(1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 3), (4, 2), (5, 1)}. Therefore,

P(B) = P(H)P(B|H) + P(T )P(B|T )

1 1 1 5
= × + × = 0.15.
2 6 2 36

Bayes’ Rule Given a sequence of mutually exclusive

events S1, S2, · · · , Sn and P(Si) > 0. If event A ⊂ ∪ni=1Si,
then
P(Si)P(A|Si)
P(Si|A) = Pn
k=1 P(Sk )P(A|Sk )

Proof: According to the definition of conditional prob-

ability, we have
P(Si ∩ A)
P(Si|A) = .
P(A)
Since
P(Si ∩ A) = P(Si)P(A|Si),
and according to the law of total probability,
P(A) = P(S1)P(A|S1) + · · · + P(Sn)P(A|Sn),
this proves the Bayes’ rule.
Example 7.2 A man takes either a bus or the subway
to work with probabilities 0.3 and 0.7 , respectively.
When he takes the bus, he is late 30% of the days.
When he takes the subway, he is late 20% of the days.
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If the man is late for work on a particular day, what is

the probability that he took the bus?
Solution: Define B = { The man takes a bus }, S = {
The man takes the subway }, and L = { The man is late
on the day }. Then,
P(B) = 0.3, P(S) = 0.7, P(L|B) = 0.3, P(L|S) = 0.2.
By Bayes’ rule, we have
P(B)P(L|B)
P(B|L) =
P(S)P(L|S) + P(B)P(L|B)
0.3 × 0.3 0.09
= = = 0.3913.
0.7 × 0.2 + 0.3 × 0.3 0.23

Example 7.3 To evaluate the effectiveness of a screen-

ing procedure, we will evaluate the probability of a
false negative or a false positive using the following no-
tation:
T + : The test is positive and indicate that the person
has the disease.
T − : The test is negative and indicate that the person
does not have the disease.
Dc : The person really does not have the disease.
D : The person really has the disease.
According to the test results, we found that the sensi-
tivity of the test has following conditional probabilities:

P(T +|D) = 0.98,

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and
P(T −|Dc) = 0.99.
If the proportion of the general population infected
with this disease is 2 per million, what is
(a) the probability of a false positive,
P(Dc|T +) ?
(b) the probability of a false negative,
P(D|T −) ?

Solution: From the given information, we know the fol-

lowing:
P(D) = 0.000002, P(Dc) = 0.999998
P(T +|D) = 0.98 P(T −|D) = 0.02
P(T +|Dc) = 0.01 P(T −|Dc) = 0.99
(a) From Bayes’ Rule,

c P(Dc ∩ T +)
+
P(D |T ) =
P(T +)
P(Dc)P(T +|Dc)
=
P(Dc)P(T +|Dc) + P(D)P(T +|D)
Therefore,
0.00999998
P(Dc|T +) =
0.01000194
= 0.999804038
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(b) Using a similar calculation,

− P(D ∩ T −)
P(D|T ) =
P(T −)
P(D)P(T −|D)
=
P(Dc)P(T −|Dc) + P(D)P(T −|D)
Therefore,
0.00000004
P(D|T −) =
0.98999806
= 0.00000004

Hence, the probability of a false positive is near 1 and

very likely, while the probability of a false negative is
quite small and very unlikely.
Example 7.4 If men constitute 47% of the population
and tell the truth 78% of the time, while women tell
the truth 63% of the time, what is the probability that
a person selected at random will answer a question
truthfully?
Solution: Define
B = {The person interviewd answers truthfully }
A = { The person interviewed is a man }
According to the law of total probability, we have
P(B) = P(A)P(B|A) + P(Ac)P(B|Ac)
= (0.47)(0.78) + (0.53)(0.63) = 0.70
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Example 7.4 A worker-operated machine produces a

defective item with probability 0.01 if the worker fol-
lows the machine’s operating instructions exactly, and
with probability 0.03 if he does not . If the worker
follows the instructions 90% of time, what proportion
of all items produced by the machine will be defective?
Given that a defective item is produced, what is the
conditional probability of the event that the worker
exactly follows the machine operating instructions?
Solution: Define
D : Machine produces a defective item.
F : Worker follows instructions.
Then, we have following information:

P(D|F ) = 0.01 P(F ) = 0.9

P(D|F c) = 0.03 P(F c) = 0.1

According to the law of total probability, we have

P(D) = P(D|F )P(F ) + P(D|F c)P(F c)

= 0.01(0.9) + 0.03(0.1) = 0.012.

According to the Bayes’ Rule, we have

P(F )P(D|F ) 0.9(0.01)
P(F |D) = = = 0.75
P(D) 0.012
P(F c|D) = 0.25
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Example8.3 Many companies are testing prospective

employees for drug use with the intent of improving
efficiency and reducing accidents. Suppose a company
uses a test that is 98% accuracy to identify a user or a
nonuser. To reduce the chance of error, two indepen-
dent tests are required for each applicant. What are
the probabilities of following events?
(a) A nonuser fails both tests.
(b) A drug user is detected.
(c) A drug user is not detected.

Solution: Define
P1 := {The first test is positive};
P2 := {The second test is positive};
N1 := {The first test is negative};
N2 := {The second test is negative}.
D := { An applicant is a drug user}.
Dc := { An applicant is not a drug user}.
We know that P(P1|D) = 0.98, P(P2|D) = 0.98, P(N1|Dc) =
0.98 and P(N2|Dc) = 0.98. Then, P(N1|D) = 1 − 0.98 = 0.02,
P(N2|D) = 0.02, P(P1|Dc) = 0.02 and P(P2|Dc) = 0.02.
(a) P(P1 ∩ P2|Dc) = P(P1|Dc)P(P2|Dc) = (0.02)(0.02) = 0.0004
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(b)

P((P1 ∩ N2) ∪ (N1 ∩ P2) ∪ (P1 ∩ P2)|D)

= P((P1 ∩ N2)|D) + P((N1 ∩ P2)|D) + P((P1 ∩ P2)|D)
= P(P1|D)P(N2|D) + P(N1|D)P(P2|D) + P(P1|D)P(P2|D)
= (0.98)(0.02) + (0.02)(0.98) + (0.98)(0.98) = 0.9996

(c)
P(N1 ∩ N2|D) = P(N1|D)P(N2|D) = (0.02)(0.02) = 0.0004
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Example As items come to the end of a production line,

an inspector chooses items to undergo a complete in-
spection. Of all items produced 20% are defective. 50%
of all defective items go through a complete inspection,
and 30% of all good items go through a complete in-
spection. Given that an item is completely inspected,
what is the probability that it is defective?
Solution: Define
D : An item defective.
C : An item is completely inspected.
Then, we have following information:

P(C|D) = 50% P(D) = 20%

P(C|Dc) = 30% P(Dc) = 80%

According to the Bayes’ Rule, we have

P(D)P(C|D)
P(D|C) =
P(D)P(C|D) + P(Dc)P(C|Dc)
0.2(0.5) 10
= =
0.2(0.5) + 0.8(0.3) 34
Discrete Random Variables and Their Distribution
In order to use the existing mathematical tools to find
out the probabilities of events, mean, variance, and so
on, statisticians figured out a nice way as follows:
We associate each simple event with a real number. For
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example, in the coin tossing experiment, we define:

Λ = { 1, 0 } ⊂ R = {all the real numbers}

↑ ↑
Ω = {head, tail }
This is called a transformation. Once transformed, we
can use the existing mathematical tools. For our con-
venience, in this section we denote the sample space by
Ω = {ω1, ω2, · · · , ωn}, in which each ωi is a simple event.
Definition 9.1
Consider a random experiment with sample space Ω =
{ω1, ω2, · · · , ωn}. A function X : Ω → R which assigns to
each simple event ω ∈ Ω one and only one real number
X(ω) = x ∈ R, is called a random variable.
Λ := {xi : xi = X(ωi), ωi ∈ Ω} is called the range space of
the random variable (r.v.) X.
Definition 9.2
If Λ is a finite set or a countable set, then X is called
a discrete random variable. Given a discrete random
variable X with range space Λ = {x1,· · · , xn}. For each
xi ∈ Λ, we define
p(xi) = P({ω : X(ω) = xi}).
Then, p(x) is called the discrete density function of r.v.
X and the following table is called a discrete probability
distribution of r.v. X.
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The distribution table of r.v X

x x1 x2 ··· xn
p(x) p(x1) p(x2) ··· p(xn)
Example 9.1 Consider a random experiment that con-
sists of tossing two fair coins successively and let X be
equal to the number of heads observed. Find its sam-
ple space, range space, and distribution.
Solution: The sample space Ω = {ω1 = {T T }, ω2 = {HT },
ω3 = {T H}, ω4 = {HH}} and Λ := {x1 = 0, x2 = 1, x3 = 2}.
1
p(x1) = p(0) = P(X = 0) = P({T T }) = ,
4

p(x2) = p(1) = P(X = 1) = P({T H, HT }) = P({T H})

2
+P({HT }) = ,
4
1
p(x3) = p(2) = P(X = 2) = P({HH}) = .
4
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0 1 2
p(x) 1/4 1/2 1/4
Remark:
(a) 0 ≤ p(xi) ≤ 1,
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P
(b) xi ∈Λ p(xi ) = P(Ω) = 1
Definition 9.3 Let X be a discrete r.v. with range space
Λ = {x1,· · · , xn} and distribution p(xi), i = 1, · · · , n. The
expected value or mean of X is defined by
X
µ = E(X) = xip(xi).
xi ∈Λ

The variance of X is defined by

X
2 2
σ = E[(X − µ) ] = (xi − µ)2p(xi).
xi ∈Λ
√
The standard deviation of X is defined as σ = σ 2.
Example 9.2 A company has five applicants for two po-
sitions: two women and three men. Suppose that the
five applicants are equally qualified and no preference
is given for choosing either gender. Let X equal the
number of women chosen to fill the two positions.
(a) Find the probability distribution of X;
(b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X.
Example 9.2 A company has five applicants for two po-
sitions: two women and three men. Suppose that the
five applicants are equally qualified and no preference
is given for choosing either gender. Let X equal the
number of women chosen to fill the two positions.
(a) Find the probability distribution of X;
(b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X.
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Solution: (a). Define short notations as follows:

M1: Candidate man one;
M2: Candidate man two;
M3: Candidate man three;
W1: Candidate woman one;
W2: Candidate woman two.
The sample space

Ω = {ω1 = {M1M2}, ω2 = {M1M3}, ω3 = {M2M3},

ω4 = {W1M1}, ω5 = {W1M2}, ω6 = {W1M3}, ω7 = {W2M1},
ω8 = {W2M2}, ω9 = {W2M3}, ω10 = {W1W2}}

and the range space

Λ := {x1 = 0, x2 = 1, x3 = 2}.

p(x1) = p(0) = P(X = 0)

= P({ω1, ω2, ω3})
= P({{M1M2}, {M1M3}, {M2M3}})
3
= 10 ,

p(x2) = p(1) = P(X = 1) = P({ω4, ω5, ω6, ω7, ω8, ω9})

= P({{W1M1}, {W1M2}, {W1M3}, {W2M1}, {W2M2}, {W2M3}})
6
= 10 ,
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1
p(x3) = p(2) = P(X = 2) = P({ω10 = {W1W2}}) = 10 .
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0 1 2
p(x) 3/10 6/10 1/10
(b)
P
µ = E(X) = xi ∈Λ xi p(xi )

= 0(3/10) + 1(6/10) + 2(1/10) = 8/10.

The variance of X is
P
σ 2 = E[(X − µ)2] = xi ∈Λ (xi − µ)2p(xi)
= (0 − 8/10)2(3/10) + (1 − 8/10)2(6/10)+
(2 − 8/10)2(1/10) = 0.36
and √
σ= σ 2 = 0.6
Example 9.3 A jar contains four coins: a nickel, a dime,
a quarter, and a half-dollar. Three coins are randomly
selected from the jar. Let X be equal to the total
amount drawn.
a. List all the simple events in the sample space Ω and
find the range space Λ.
b. Find the probability P(X ≥ 0.5 dollar).
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c. Find the probability distribution of X.

Solution:
a. Denote:
N: nickel;
D: dime;
Q: quarter;
H: half-dollar.
and E1 = (N DQ),E2 = (N DH), E3 = (N QH), E4 = (DQH).
Then, Ω = {E1, E2, E3, E4} and Λ := {x1 = 0.4, x2 = 0.65, x3 =
0.80, x4 = 0.85}.
b. The simple event along with their monetary values
follow:

E1 = N DQ = $0.4
E2 = N DH = $0.65
E3 = N QH = $0.80
E4 = DQH = $0.85
1 1 1 3
P(X ≥ 0.5 dollar) = P(E2) + P(E3) + P(E4) = + + =
4 4 4 4
c. We have
1
p(x1) = p(0.4) = P(X = 0.4) = P({N DQ}) = ,
4
1
p(x2) = p(0.65) = P(X = 0.65) = P({N DH}) = ,
4
1
p(x3) = p(0.80) = P(X = 0.80) = P({N QH}) = .
4
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1
p(x4) = p(0.85) = P(X = 0.85) = P({DQH}) = .
4
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0.4 0.65 0.80 0.85

p(x) 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
Example 9.4 A student prepares for a quiz by studying
a list of ten problems. She only can solve six of them.
For the quiz, the instructor selects five questions at
random from the list of ten. Let X be the number of
questions she can solve.
a Find total number of simple events in the sample
space and the range space.
b Find the probability distribution of X.
Solution:
a. The total number of simple events is the sample
space is equal to C510 = 252. Then, Λ := {x1 = 1, x2 =
2, x3 = 3, x4 = 4, x5 = 5}.

b. We have
C16C44
p(x1) = p(1) = P(X = 1) == ,
252
C26C34
p(x2) = p(2) = P(X = 2) == ,
252
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C36C24
p(x3) = p(3) = P(X = 3) == ,
252
C46C14
p(x4) = p(4) = P(X = 4) == ,
252
C56C04
p(x5) = p(5) = P(X = 5) == ,
252
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 1 2 3 4 5
C16 C44 C26 C34 C36 C24 C46 C14 C56 C04
p(x) 252 252 252 252 252

Example 9.5
In a pocket there are 3 black and 2 white balls. Balls
are identical except their colors. We randomly draw a
ball and observe its color two times successively, with
replacement. We define that X is the number of black
balls observed.
a Find the sample space and the range space.
b Find the probability P(X ≥ 1).
c Find the probability distribution of X.
Solution:
a. Denote:
B: observe a black ball;
W: observe a white ball;
and
E1 = (BB), E2 = (BW ), E3 = (W B), E4 = (W W ),
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Then, Ω = {E1, E2, E3, E4} and Λ := {x1 = 0, x2 = 1, x3 = 2}.

b.
P(X ≥ 1) = 1 − P(X = 0) = 1 − P({W W }) = 1 − P(W )P(W )
2 2 4 21
= 1 − ( )( ) = 1 − =
5 5 25 25
c. We have
4
p(x1) = p(0) = P(X = 0) = P({W W }) = ,
25

p(x2) = p(1) = P(X = 1) = P({BW } ∪ {W B})

= P({BW }) + P({W B})
2 3 12
= 2P({W })P({B}) = 2( )( ) = ,
5 5 25

p(x3) = p(2) = P(X = 2) = P({BB})

3 3 9
= P({B})P({B}) = ( )( ) = ,
5 5 25
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0 1 2
p(x) 4/25 12/25 9/25
The Binomial Probability Distribution
Definition 10.1 A binomial experiment is one that
has following three characteristics:
(1) The experiment consists of n ordered, independent,
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identical trials.
(2) Each trial has two possible outcomes: success A,
failure Ā.
(3) 0 < P(A) = p < 1 and P(Ā) = 1 − p = q.
Remark: In binomial experiment, if p 6= q, then simple
events are not equally likely. Therefore, it is not a clas-
sical probability model.
Example10.1 Consider a binomial experiment of flip-
ping a biased coin three times successively. Let A be
the event of observing a head and Ā be the event of
observing a tail.
Suppose that
1 2
P(A) = P(Ā) =
3 3
Then
Ω = {AAA, ĀAA, AĀA, AAĀ, ĀĀA, ĀAĀ, AĀĀ, ĀĀĀ}
1
P(AAA) = P(A)P(A)P(A) =
27
1 2 1 2
P(AĀA) = P(A)P(Ā)P(A) = ( )( )( ) =
3 3 3 27
Therefore, it is not a classical probability model.
Let X be number of heads observed. Find the proba-
bility P(X = 2).
P(X = 2) = P({AAĀ}, {AĀA}, {ĀAA})
P({AAĀ}) = P(A)P(A)P(Ā) = ppq
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P({ĀAA}) = P(A)P(A)P(Ā) = ppq

P({AĀA}) = P(A)P(A)P(Ā) = ppq
P(X = 2) = C23ppq = C23p2q 3−2
Generally, consider a binomial experiment with n tri-
als. let X be the number of successes in the n trials.
What is the probability of event {X = k}. Then,
P(X = k) = Cknpk q n−k
(For Ckn, Consider there are n positions and how many
ways to choose n − k positions to put bars on tops of
these positions.)
Definition 10.2 A binomial experiment consists of n
ordered, independent, identical trials with probability
of success p and probability of failure q = 1 − p on each
trial. Let X be the number of successes in the n trials.
Then,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0 1 2 ··· n
p(x) C0np0q n C1np1q n−1 C2np2q n−2 · · · Cnnpnq 0
is called the binomial distribution. Its mean µ = np, its
√
variance σ 2 = npq, its standard deviation σ = npq

Example 9.6
In a pocket there are 3 black and 2 white balls. Balls
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are identical except their colors. We randomly draw a

ball and observe its color three times successively, with
replacement. We define that X is the number of black
balls observed.
a Find the sample space and the range space.
b Find the probability P(X ≥ 1).
c Find the probability distribution of X.
Solution:
a. Denote:
B: observe a black ball;
W: observe a white ball;
and
E1 = (BBB), E2 = (BBW ), E3 = (BW B),
E4 = (BW W ), E5 = (W BB), E6 = (W BW ),
E7 = (W W B), E8 = (W W W ).
Then, Ω = {E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8} and Λ := {x1 =
0, x2 = 1, x3 = 2, x4 = 3}.
b.
P(X ≥ 1) = 1 − P(X = 0) = 1 − P({W W W }) (0.1)
= 1 − P(W )P(W )P(W )
2 2 2 8 117
= 1 − ( )( )( ) = 1 − =
5 5 5 125 125
c. We have
8
p(x1) = p(0) = P(X = 0) = P({W W W }) = ,
125
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p(x2) = p(1) = P(X = 1)

= P({BW W } ∪ {W BW } ∪ {W W B})
= P({BW W }) + P({W BW }) + P({W W B})
2 2 3 36
= 3P({W })P({W })P({B}) = 3( )( )( ) = ,
5 5 5 125
p(x3) = p(2) = P(X = 2) = P({W BB} ∪ {BW B} ∪ {BBW })
= P({W BB}) + P({BW B}) + P({BBW })
3 3 2 54
= 3P({B})P({B})P({W }) = 3( )( )( ) = ,
5 5 5 125
p(x4) = p(3) = P(X = 3) = P({BBB}) = P({B})P({B})P({B})
3 3 3 27
= ( )( )( ) = .
5 5 5 125
Therefore,
The distribution table of r.v X

x 0 1 2 3
p(x) 8/125 36/125 54/125 27/125
Example 10.1
Suppose that a family will certainly have 5 children,
but each child being a boy or girl is totally uncertain
with equal probability. Let X be the number of boys
this family will have. Find the distribution of X and
the probability P(X ≥ 1).
Example10.2 Consider a binomial experiment of flip-
ping a biased coin twenty times successively. Let A be
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the event of observing a head and Ā be the event of

observing a tail.
Suppose that
1 4
P(A) = P(Ā) =
5 5
Let X be number of heads observed in the twenty flip-
pings. (a) Find the probability P(X = 8). (b) Find its
mean and variance. (c) Find the probability of event
(X > 2).
solution: (a) According to the binomial distribution
formula, we have
8
20 1 4 20−8
P(X = 8) = C8 ( ) ( ) .
5 5
We have P(X ≤ 8) = 0.990 and P(X ≤ 7) = 0.968 according
to the table 1 (n = 20, k = 8, k = 7, p = 0.2 ) on page 684.
P(X = 8) = P(X ≤ 8) − P(X ≤ 7) = 0.022 .
(b) Its mean is equal to
µ = 20(1/5) = 4
and its variance is equal to
16
σ 2 = 20(1/5)(4/5) =
5
(c) P(X > 2) = 1 − P(X ≤ 2) = 1 − 0.206 = 0.794
Example10.3 Consider an experiment of randomly draw-
ing a chip 8 times successively with replacement from
a box containing two black chips and three white chips.
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The chips are identical except their colors. Let X be

the number of black chips observed in the 8 drawings.
(a) Find the probability P(X = 5). (b) Find its mean
and variance. (c) Find the probability of event (X > 2).

solution: (a) According to the binomial distribution

formula, we have
5
8 2 3 8−5
P(X = 5) = C5 ( ) ( ) .
5 5
We have P(X ≤ 5) = 0.950 and P(X ≤ 4) = 0.826 according
to the table 1 (n = 8, k = 5, k = 4, p = 0.4 ) on page 681.
P(X = 5) = P(X ≤ 5) − P(X ≤ 4) = 0.124 .
(b) Its mean is equal to
µ = 8(2/5) = 16/5
and its variance is equal to
48
σ 2 = 8(2/5)(3/5) =
25
(c) P(X > 2) = 1 − P(X ≤ 2) = 1 − 0.315 = 0.685
Example: A factory employs several thousand work-
ers, of whom 30% are Hispanic. If the 15 members of
the union executive committee were chosen from the
workers at random,let X be the number of Hispanics
on the committee.
(a) Find P(X = 3).
(b) Find P(X ≤ 3).
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Example: Suppose that early statewide election re-

turns indicate totals of 33, 000 votes for candidate A
versus 27, 000 for candidate B, and that these early re-
turns can be regarded as a random sample selected
from the population of all 10, 000, 000 eligible voters in
the state. Let X be the number of votes for A.
(a) If the statewide vote will be split 50 − 50, find the
expected number of votes for A in the sample of 60, 000
early returns.
(b) Find the standard deviation of X.
(c) Find the probability that (X > 40, 000).
Solution:
(a) µ = np = 60, 000 × 0.5 = 30, 000.
√ √
(b) σ = npq = 15, 000 = 122.47449
P40,000 60,000
(c) P(X > 40, 000) = 1 − i=0 Ci (0.5)i(0.5)60,000−i