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STA1010 - Statistical methods for science - S2 2025

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A computer salesman averages 1.5 sales per week. Use the Poisson distribution to find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of computers sold is 1.

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A company found that at the end of each month, 2% of its one million data entries, contained errors. Today, one operator has made 49 computer entries.

Calculate the probability that at most two (2) errors were made by this operator.

[Hint: zero, one and 2 errors are possibilities.]

State your answer correct to three(3) decimal places only.

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Consider a lottery game in which you buy a ticket and you may or may not get a money prize in return.  Suppose that for X = net amount won or lost in a lottery game, the expected value is E(X) = -$0.50.

Which of the following statements is the most correct interpretation of this expected value?

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A full time 1st year student at university takes 4 units per semester.  The probability distribution function for the number of units in which you will achieve a grade of distinction (D) is :

x = number of grades at D

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0.39

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0.05

What is the probability that such a student gets at LEAST 2 distinctions?

State your answer to two(2) decimal places only.

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The probability distribution for:

X = number of heads obtained  in 5 tosses of a fair coin, is:

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P(X=x)

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5/32

1/32

What is the probability of obtaining at least 4 heads?

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