Assignment
tomato plants in their greenhouse. They have found that the number of insects on a leaf of the tomato plants is either one, three, five, or six. They have also
determined that the following probability function describes the probability of the number of insects on a leaf on the tomato plants: $$f(x) = \frac{x}{15}$$ for
x=1, 3, 5, or 6.
a. Is the number of insects on a tomato-plant leaf a discrete or continuous random variable?
Discrete random variable
b. Is this probability function valid?
Yes
c. What is the probability that the botanists will find exactly one insect on a tomato-plant leaf?
0.048 (to 3 decimal)
d. What is the probability that the botanists will find exactly four insects on a tomato-plant leaf?
0.190 (to 3 decimal)
e. What is the probability that the botanists will find less than three insects on a tomato-plant leaf?
0 (to 3 decimal)
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