Finding Expected Values of Random Variables

Finding Expected Values of Random Variables

11th Grade

14 Qs

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Finding Expected Values of Random Variables

Finding Expected Values of Random Variables

Assessment

Quiz

Mathematics

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Anthony Clark

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A car dealer buys hybrids for $21,000 each and sells them for $24,500 each. Find his expected weekly profit.

$2,380

$5,355

$8,109

$37,485

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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HINT: Read carefully! And think about the TOTAL amount of money being gained or lost in each situation!

$275

$625

$2,750

$6,250

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Given the probability model in the table below, what is the expected value of the random variable?
  X        50          20        5
P(X)     0.1         0.3      0.6

14

4.67

5

7.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A small store keeps track of the number X of customers that make a purchase during the first hour that the store is open each day. Based on the records, X has the following probability distribution. What is the average number of customers that the owner can expect to make a purchase in the first hour of opening?

0.2

1.4

2.0

3.0

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the expected value is negative, are you expected to win?

yes

no

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A game consists of rolling a colored die with three red sides, two green sides, and one blue side. A roll of a red loses. A roll of green pays $2.00. A roll of blue pays $5.00.   The charge to play the game is $2.00. What is the expected value

$0

-$0.50

$.67

$-1.50

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Find the value of k

1/15

1/5

1/10

1/14

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