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GRADE 11 DLP LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

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Subject : STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
Lesson Title : Illustrating Random Variable
Lesson Competency : To illustrate a random variable (M11/12SP-IIIa-1)
To find the possible values of a random variable (M11/12SP-IIIa-3)
References : Statistics and Probability pages 2-5 LAS No.: 3.1
CONCEPT NOTES
A random variable is a function that associates a real number to each element in
the sample space. It is a variable whose values are determined by chance. Use
capital letters to denote or represent a variable.

The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called a sample space.

EXAMPLE:
Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the
number of defective cell phones that occur.
Let D represent the defective cell phone and N represent the non-defective
cell phone. If we let X be the random variable representing the number of
defective cell phones, can you show the values of the random variable X?
Consider the table below.

Possible Outcomes/Sample Value of the Random Variable X

Space (number of defective cell phones)
NNN 0
NND 1
NDN 1
DNN 1
NDD 2
DND 2
DDN 2
DDD 3
The values of the random variable are 0, 1, 2, 3. This means that there could
be a zero, one, two, or three numbers of defective cell phones in the possible
outcomes of an experiment.
EXERCISES:
1. Suppose three coins are tossed. Let Y be the random variable representing the
number of tails that occur. Find the values of the random variable Y. Make a table
to illustrate the situation.

Prepared by:
EVANGELINE M. PAILMAO
SST-III Competence.Dedication.Optimism