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PS2 Key - Stat 370

The document contains solutions to problems from Stat 370 on key concepts in probability and statistics such as the standard normal distribution, binomial distribution, exponential distribution, and gamma distribution. It provides the calculations and reasoning to find probabilities, means, variances, and specifications for various random variables defined in terms of these distributions.

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PS2 Key - Stat 370

The document contains solutions to problems from Stat 370 on key concepts in probability and statistics such as the standard normal distribution, binomial distribution, exponential distribution, and gamma distribution. It provides the calculations and reasoning to find probabilities, means, variances, and specifications for various random variables defined in terms of these distributions.

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PS2 Key - Stat 370

3-34.
a) P(-1 < Z < 1) = P(Z < 1) P(Z < -1) = 0.841345 0.158655 = 0.68269
b) P(-2 < Z < 2) = P(Z < 2) P(Z < -2) = 0.97725 0.02275 = 0.9545
c) P(-3 < Z < 3) = P(Z < 3) P(Z < -3) = 0.998650 0.00135 = 0.997300
d) P(Z < -3) = 0.00135
e) P(0 < Z 3) = P(Z < 3) P(Z < 0) = 0.998650 0. 5 = 0.498650
3-36.
a) P(-z < Z < z) = P(Z < z) P(Z < -z) = 1 2P(Z<-z) = 0.95
So P(Z<-z) = 0.5(1 0.95) = 0.025
z = 1.96
b) P(-z < Z < z) = P(Z < z) P(Z < -z) = 1 2P(Z<-z) = 0.99
So P(Z<-z) = 0.5(1 0.99) = 0.005
z = 2.58
c) P(-z < Z < z) = P(Z < z) P(Z < -z) = 1 2P(Z<-z) = 0.68
So P(Z<-z) = 0.5(1 0.68) = 0.16
z=1
d) P(-z < Z < z) = P(Z < z) P(Z < -z) = 1 2P(Z<-z) = 0.9973
So P(Z<-z) = 0.5(1 0.9973) = 0.00135
z=3
3-39.
a) P(X < 31) = P(Z < -3) = 0.001350
b) P(X > 30) = P(Z > -3.5) = 0.999767
c) P(33 < X < 37) = P(-2 < Z < 0) = P(Z < 0) P(Z < -2) = 0.5 0.02275 = 0.47725
d) P(32 < X < 39) = P(-2.5 < Z < 1) = 0.841345 0.00621 = 0.835135
e) P(30 < X < 38) = P(-3.5 < Z < 0.5) = 0.691462 0.000233 = 0.691229
3-44.
a) P(X < 12) = P(Z <
b) P(X < 12.1) =
and P(X > 12.6) =

1212.4
0.1

) = P(Z < 4) 0

12.1 12.4

P Z
=
0.1

P(Z < 3) = 0.00135

12.6 12.4

P Z

01
.

= P(Z > 2) = 0.02275

Therefore, the proportion of cans scrapped is 0.00135 + 0.02275 = 0.0241.


c) P(12.4 x < X < 12.4 + x) = 0.99.
Therefore,

x
x
P
Z
01
.
01
.

Consequently,

P Z

01
.

= 0.99

= 0.995 and x = 0.1(2.58) = 0.258.

The specifications are (12.142, 12.658).

PS2 Key - Stat 370

3-46.
0.5 0.4

P Z

0.05

a) P(X > 0.5) =

= P(Z > 2) = 1 0.97725 = 0.02275

b) P(0.4 < X < 0.5) = P(0 < Z < 2) = P(Z < 2) P(Z < 0) = 0.4772
x 0.4

P Z

0.05

c) P(X > x) = 0.90, then


Therefore,

x 0.4
0 . 05

= 0.90.

= 1.28 and x = 0.336.

3-51.
0.0026 0.002

P Z
=
0.0004

a) P(X > 0.0026) =

P(Z > 1.5) = 0.0668.

b) P(0.0014 < X < 0.0026) = P(1.5 < Z < 1.5) = 0.8664.


c) P(0.0014 < X < 0.0026) = P 0.0014 0.002 Z 0.0026 0.002

= P 0.0006 Z 0.0006 = .995

Therefore,

0.0006

P Z

= 0.9975. Consequently,

0 . 0006

= 2.81 and

= 0.000214.

3-59.
Let X denote lifetime of a bearing. =2 and =10000 hours
2

8000

2
10000 e 0.8 0.5273
a) P( X 8000) 1 FX (8000) e

E ( X ) 10000(1 1 ) 10000(1.5)
2

b)

10000(0.5)(0.5) 5000 8862.3

= 8862.3 hours
c) Let Y denote the number of bearings out of 10 that last at least 8000 hours.
Y is a binomial random variable with n = 10 and p = 0.5273.

P(Y 10)

0.5273
1 0
10

1 0

(1 0.5273) 0.00166 .

3-60.
1
a) E ( X ) (1 ) 900 (1 1/ 3) 900 (4 / 3) 900(0.89298). 803.68 hours

V ( X ) (1
2

b)
2

2
) (1

2
2
) 900 (1 2 ) 900 (1 1 )

900 (0.90274)-900 (0.89298) 85314.64 hours

c)

500

P( X 500) FX (500) 1 e 900 0.1576

Then,

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