Introductory Statistics
Introductory Statistics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 4, Problem 127H

On average, Pierre, an amateur chef, drops three pieces of egg shell into every two cake batters he makes. Suppose that you buy one of his cakes.

a. In words, define the tandom variable X.

b. List the values that X may take on.

c. Give the distribution of X. X _____ ___________)

d. On average. how many pieces of egg shell do you expect to be In the cake?

e. What is he probability that there will not be an pieces of egg shell In the cake?

f. Let’s sa that you buy one of Piene’s cakes each week for six weeks. What Is the probability that there will not be any egg shell In any of the cakes?

g. Based upon the average given for Pierre. is it possible for there to be seven pieces of shell in the cake? Why?

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