Question #340140

Suppose that a couple in planning 3 children is primarily interested in the number of boys.

1) - Define the random variable X.

2) - What is the range of X?

3) - Find the probability function of X.

4) - Find the probability mass function

5) - Draw the graph for the probability mass function




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Expert's answer
2022-05-26T08:09:38-0400

1) Let random variable X be  number of boys.


2)


S={BBB,BBG,BGB,GBB,S=\{BBB, BBG, BGB, GBB,

BGG,GBG,BGG,GGG}BGG,GBG, BGG, GGG\}


Range(X)={0,1,2,3}Range(X)=\{0,1,2,3\}

3)


P(X=0)=18P(X=0)=\dfrac{1}{8}

P(X=1)=38P(X=1)=\dfrac{3}{8}

P(X=2)=38P(X=2)=\dfrac{3}{8}

P(X=3)=18P(X=3)=\dfrac{1}{8}

x0123p(x)1/83/83/81/8\def\arraystretch{1.5} \begin{array}{c:c} x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline p(x) & 1/8 & 3/8 & 3/8 & 1/8 \\ \end{array}

4)


f(x)={1/8,x=03/8,x=13/8,x=21/8,x=3f(x) = \begin{cases} 1/8, &x=0 \\ 3/8, &x=1 \\ 3/8, &x=2 \\ 1/8, &x=3 \\ \end{cases}

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