3. (a) A city has sunny weather on 3 out of every 5 days on average. Use the binomial formula to find the probability that exactly 4 days out of a 7 day week are sunny. Binomial formula P(x) = Cxp (1-p) »* for x = 0, 1, 2, ..n where Cxn=n!/[x! (n-x)!] and n! =n(n-1)(n-2) ... (2)(1) Note: 0! = 1 P(4) = (b) In a certain region, there is a 1/3 probability of a hurricane occurring in a given year (i.e. an average of 1 every 3 years). Use the binomial formula to find the probability that exactly 2 hurricanes occur in the next 10 years. P(2) = (c) Use the Poisson formula to find the probability that at least 2 hurricanes occur in the next 5 years: P(x) = (2 t) ! e -At x!
Compound Probability
Compound probability can be defined as the probability of the two events which are independent. It can be defined as the multiplication of the probability of two events that are not dependent.
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Probability theory is a branch of mathematics that deals with the subject of probability. Although there are many different concepts of probability, probability theory expresses the definition mathematically through a series of axioms. Usually, these axioms express probability in terms of a probability space, which assigns a measure with values ranging from 0 to 1 to a set of outcomes known as the sample space. An event is a subset of these outcomes that is described.
Conditional Probability
By definition, the term probability is expressed as a part of mathematics where the chance of an event that may either occur or not is evaluated and expressed in numerical terms. The range of the value within which probability can be expressed is between 0 and 1. The higher the chance of an event occurring, the closer is its value to be 1. If the probability of an event is 1, it means that the event will happen under all considered circumstances. Similarly, if the probability is exactly 0, then no matter the situation, the event will never occur.
![3. (a) A city has sunny weather on 3 out of every 5 days on average. Use the binomial
formula to find the probability that exactly 4 days out of a 7 day week are sunny.
Binomial formula
P(x) = Cx p* (1-p) * for x = 0, 1, 2, ..n
where Cx,n=n! / [ x! (n-x)!] and n! = n(n-1)(n-2) ... (2)(1)
Note: 0! = 1
P(4) =
(b) In a certain region, there is a 1/3 probability of a hurricane occurring in a given
year (i.e. an average of 1 every 3 years).
Use the binomial formula to find the probability that exactly 2 hurricanes occur
in the next 10 years.
P(2) =
(c) Use the Poisson formula to find the probability that at least 2 hurricanes occur in
the next 5 years:
P(x) = (a t) e-it
x!
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