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Chapter 4: Q.21 (page 284)

Identify the mistake in the probability distribution table.

Short Answer

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Sum of columnP(X)isnot1.

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01

Given Information

Sam volunteers in community events on each month. He only participates in five events at a time. in a month. He joins exactly five events 35%of time, four events 25%of time, three events 20%of time, two events 10%of time, one event 5%of time and no events 5%of time.

02

Explanation

The preceding probability distribution table contains an error in that the total of the P(X)column will not add up to1.

This is because

0.15+0.25+0.30+0.20+0.15=1.05

which is not possible. so,

The sum of probability of all values chosen by a random variable is always1.

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