Taylor surveys students in one grade level who own at least one pet. She finds that 50% of the students surveyed own 2 pets, 3 s
tudents own 3 pets each, and 2 students own 4 pets each. Eight of the students in the grade own 1 pet. Considering the number of pets as the random variable, X, which of the following is the probability distribution, PX(x)?
2 answers:
First, we need to work out the total number of students who were being surveyed.
We know that half of the students has two pets. The rest of the students make up the other half. So, we have 3 students + 2 students + 8 students = 13 students that make half of the sample population
That means total number of students being surveyed is 13+13=26 students
Then we work out the probability
P(One pet) = 8/26 = 4/13
P(Two pets) = 1/2
P(Three pets) = 3/26
P( Four pets) = 2/26 = 1/13
The probability distribution is shown in the table below. Let
be the number of pets and 
is the probability of owning the number of pets
We know that half of the students has two pets. The rest of the students make up the other half. So, we have 3 students + 2 students + 8 students = 13 students that make half of the sample population
That means total number of students being surveyed is 13+13=26 students
Then we work out the probability
P(One pet) = 8/26 = 4/13
P(Two pets) = 1/2
P(Three pets) = 3/26
P( Four pets) = 2/26 = 1/13
The probability distribution is shown in the table below. Let
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Hence the function which has the smallest minimum is: h(x)
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given function f(x) as:
- f(x) = −4 sin(x − 0.5) + 11
We know that the minimum value attained by the sine function is -1 and the maximum value attained by sine function is 1.
so the function f(x) receives the minimum value when sine function attains the maximum value since the term of sine function is subtracted.
Hence, the minimum value of f(x) is: 11-4=7 ( when sine function is equal to 1)
- Also we are given a table of values for function h(x) as:
x y
−2 14
−1 9
0 6
1 5
2 6
3 9
4 14
Hence, the minimum value attained by h(x) is 5. ( when x=1)
- Also we are given function g(x) ; a quadratic function passing through (2,7),(3,6) and (4,7)
so, the equation will be:
Hence on putting these coordinates we will get:
a=1,b=3 and c=7.
Hence the function g(x) is given as:
So,the minimum value attained by g(x) could be seen from the graph is at the point (3,6).
Hence, the minimum value attained by g(x) is 6.
Hence the function which has the smallest minimum is h(x)
