5.1-5.4 Quiz Review

The time it takes you to drive to school.

• Continuous
• Discrete

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

The number of books in your locker.

• Continuous
• Discrete

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

The number of babies born at Greenville Memorial Hospital this month.

• Continuous
• Discrete

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Number of phone calls answered by a call center agent during his/her shift

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Measuring the length of time it takes before a dolphin surfaces in the ocean to breath

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

• Yes, because all of the probabilities are between 0 and 1 inclusive and the sum of all the probabilities is 1.
• No, all probabilities are not be between 0 and 1 inclusive
• No, the sum of all the probabilities is not 1.
• Yes, because the distribution is symmetric

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

• Yes, because all of the probabilities are between 0 and 1 inclusive and the sum of all the probabilities is 1.
• No, all probabilities are not be between 0 and 1 inclusive
• No, the sum of all the probabilities is not 1.
• Yes, because the distribution is symmetric

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CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.4

Which one of these variables is a binomial random variable?

• Time it takes a randomly selected student to complete a multiple choice exam
• Number of textbooks a randomly selected student bought this term 
• Number of women taller than 68 inches in a random sample of 5 women
• Number of CDs a randomly selected person owns

Is this binomial experiment? Shuffle a deck of 52 cards. Turn over the top card. Do not replace the card. Repeat the process 5 times. Let X = the card you observe.

• Yes
• No, the trials are not independent.
• No, there are more than 2 outcomes

Is this binomial experiment? Shuffle a deck of 52 cards. Turn over the top card. Put the card back in the deck, shuffle again. Repeat the process 50 times. Let X = the number of aces you observe.

• Yes
• No, the trials are not independent.
• No, there are more than 2 outcomes