Movie stars and U.S. presidents have fished Pyramid Lake. It is one of the best

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Movie stars and U.S. presidents have fished Pyramid Lake. It is one of the best places in the lower 48 states to catch trophy cutthroat trout. In this table, x = number of fish caught in a 6-hour period. The percentage data are the percentages of fishermen who caught x fish in a 6-hour period while fishing from shore. (a) Convert the percentages to probabilities and make a histogram of the probability distribution. (b) Find the probability that a fisherman selected at random fishing from shore catches one or more fish in a 6-hour period. (c) Find the probability that a fisherman selected at random fishing from shore catches two or more fish in a 6-hour period. (d) Compute mu, the expected value of the number of fish caught per fisherman in a 6-hour period (round 4 or more to 4). (e) Compute sigma, the standard deviation of the number of fish caught per fisherman in a 6-hour period (round 4 or more to 4).

Explanation / Answer

a) The first graph is the corret one

b) P(X > 1) = 1 - P(X = 0)

                   = 1 - 0.44

                   = 0.56

c) P(X > 2) = 1 - P(X < 2)

                   = 1 - [P(X = 0) + P(X = 1)]

                   = 1 - [0.44 + 0.35]

                   = 0.21

d) E(X) = 0 * 0.44 + 1 * 0.35 + 2 * 0.12 + 3 * 0.08 + 4 * 0.01

             = 0.87

= 0.87

e) E(X2) = 02 * 0.44 + 12 * 0.35 + 22 * 0.12 + 32 * 0.08 + 42 * 0.01

            = 1.71

Var(X) = E(X2) - (E(X))2

            = 1.71 - 0.872

            = 0.9531

= sqrt(0.9531) = 0.98

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