SP III-2
SP III-2
The teacher will then discuss variables that are associated with probabilities,
called random variables.
The teacher lets the students realize that recognizing values of random variable
B. Establishing a purpose for
as important skills needed to understand concepts of aprobability distribution
the lesson
for a discrete random variable and its properties.
The teacher lets the students, in groups of three, read the experiment and
answer the following questions:
Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the
number of defective cell phones that occur.
1. What is the experiment? X = no. of defective cell phones in
2. When the one cell phone is being tested what could be the possible
characteristic? Defective or non-defective
C. Presenting examples/ 3. What are the elements of the sample space in one cell phone? {D, ND}
instances of the new 4. Is second cell phone characteristic dependent to the first cell phone tested?
lesson No
5. Is the third cell phone characteristic dependent to the second cell phone
tested? No
6. What are the elements of the sample space in three cell phone? {DDD,
DDN,DND,NDD,NND,NDN,DNN,NNN}
7. List the possible outcomes when three cell phones being tested at random.
{DDD, DDN,DND,NDD,NND,NDN,DNN,NNN}
8. How did you find the activity? (Answers may vary)
9. What new knowledge did you learn from the activity?(Answers may vary)
The teacher discusses with the students the process of arriving at the answer of
D. Discussing new concepts the activity. Furthermore, he/she facilitates the drawing of answers of the
and practicing new skills questions from the students in a manner that it is interactive. This can be done
#1 by asking other studentsto react on the answers given by one student.The
teacher emphasizes the proper listing of possible outcomes in an experiment.
E. Discussing new concepts Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the
and practicing new skills number of defective cell phones that occur. Thus, to each outcome in the
#2 sample space we shall assign a value. These are 0, 1, 2, or 3. If there is no
defective cell phone, we assign the number 0; if there is 1 defective cell phone,
we assign the number 1; if there are two defective cell phones, we assign the
number 2; and 3, if there are two defective cell phones. The possible values of
this random variable are 0,1,2,3.
(see attachment for the illustration)
Given the values of the possible outcomes, the teacher will now show the
probability distribution of that given random variable.
Prepared by:
STEPS SOLUTION
1.) Determine the sample space. Let H represent head and T The sample space for this
represent tail. experiment is
X={TTT, TTH, THT, HTT, HHT,
HTH, THH,HHH}
2.) Count the number of tails in each outcome in the sample
space and assign this number to this outcome. POSSIBLE VALUE OF
OUTCOMES THE
RANDOM
VARIABLE X
(number of
tails)
TTT 3
TTH 2
THT 2
HTT 2
HHT 1
HTH 1
THH 1
HHH 0
3.) There are four possible values of the random variable X
representing the number of tails. These are 0,1,2,and 3. Assign Number of Probability
probability values P(X) to each value of the random variable. Tails X P(X)
0 1
-There are 8 possible outcomes and no tail occurs once, so the 8
1
probability that we shall assign to the random variable 0 is .
8 1 3
-There are 8 possible outcomes and 1 tail occurs three times, so 8
3
the probability that we shall assign to the random variable 1 is .
8 2 3
-There are 8 possible outcomes and 2 tail occurs three times, so 8
3
the probability that we shall assign to the random variable 2 is .
8 3 1
There are 8 possible outcomes and 3 tails occur once, so the 8
1
probability that we shall assign to the random variable 3 is .
8
Example 2
Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from an urn containing 5 red balls and 6 blue
balls. Let Z be the random variable representing the number of blue balls. Construct the probability
distribution of the random variable Z.
STEPS SOLUTION
1.) Determine the sample space. Let B represent the blue ball The sample space for this
and R represent the red ball. experiment is
Z={RR, RB, BR, BB}
2.) Count the number of blue balls in each outcome in the
sample space and assign this number to this outcome. POSSIBLE VALUE OF
OUTCOMES THE
RANDOM
VARIABLE Z
(number blue
balls)
RR 0
RB 1
BR 1
BB 2
3.) There are three possible values of the random variable Z
representing the number of blue balls. These are 0,1,and 2. Assign Number of Probability
probability values P(Z) to each value of the random variable. Blue Balls Z P(Z)
Suppose three cellphones are tested at random. Let D represent the defective cellphone and let
N represent the non-defective cell phone. If we let Y be the random variable for the number of defective
cell phones, construct the probability distribution of the random variable Y.
STEPS SOLUTION
1.) Determine the sample space. Let D represent the defective The sample space for this
cell phone and N represent the non-defective cell phone. experiment is
Y={ }
2.) Count the number of tails in each outcome in the sample
space and assign this number to this outcome. POSSIBLE VALUE OF
OUTCOMES THE RANDOM
VARIABLE Y
(number
defective
cellphones)
3.) There are four possible values of the random variable Y
representing the number of defective cellphones. These are Number of Probability
0,1,2,and 3. Assign probability values P(Y) to each value of the Defective P(Y)
random variable. Cellphones Y
ASSESSEMENT:
Which of the following shows a discrete probability distribution? If it is not a discrete probability
distribution, identify the property or properties that are not satisfied.
1)
x 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
2)
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5
3)
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0.10 0.20 0.25 0.40 0.05
4)
x 0 1 2
P(x) 1/3 1/4 0
5)
x 0 1 2
P(x) 1.1 0.01 0.08
Answer key:
1) Probability distribution
2) Probability distribution
3) Probability distribution
4) Not a probability distribution; one probability is equal to 0; sum not equals to 1
5) Not a probability distribution; one probability is greater than one; sum not equals to 1