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This document contains instructions and questions for a probability and statistics test. It provides useful data for standard normal distributions. The test contains 7 questions ranging from 6 to 15 marks. Question 1 asks to show that if events A, B, and C are independent, then events A and B ∪ C are also independent. Question 2 provides a scenario involving coins with different probabilities of landing on heads and asks to calculate the probability that a chosen coin is fair. Question 7 asks to find the probability that a normal random variable X will be less than or equal to a given value based on its mean and standard deviation.

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Questions and Solutions Prob and Stat, 19th Feb, 2010

This document contains instructions and questions for a probability and statistics test. It provides useful data for standard normal distributions. The test contains 7 questions ranging from 6 to 15 marks. Question 1 asks to show that if events A, B, and C are independent, then events A and B ∪ C are also independent. Question 2 provides a scenario involving coins with different probabilities of landing on heads and asks to calculate the probability that a chosen coin is fair. Question 7 asks to find the probability that a normal random variable X will be less than or equal to a given value based on its mean and standard deviation.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI, K. K.

BIRLA GOA CAMPUS


Second Semester 2010 2011
Test 1 (Closed Book)
AAOC C111
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Max. Marks: 75
Date: 19/02/2011
Day: Saturday
Time: 1 hour
Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Write all the steps clearly and give explanations for complete credit.
3. Number the pages of your answer books and write down the page number against the question
number on the front page of the main answer sheet otherwise 4 marks will be deducted.
Useful Data
0.0
1.96 1.25
2.5
1.63 1.645
z
F(z) 0.500 0.975 0.894 0.994 0.9484 0.950
1. If A, B and C are independent events, show that A and B C are also independent events.

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2. A bag contains three coins C1, C2 and C3 with probability of falling head is 0.45, 0.50 and 0.55
respectively. A coin is drawn at random and tossed 25 times. Head comes up 13 times. Find the
probability that the chosen coin is fair.
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3. Find the mean of the hypergeometric distribution by using its definition.

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4. Determine the moment generating function of a continuous random variable X which is


uniformly distributed in interval (a, b) and use it to find E(X2).
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5. Let X denote the amount of time in hours that a battery on a solar calculator will operate
adequately between exposures to light sufficient to recharge the battery. Assume that the density
for X is given by
, 2
0,

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(i) Find the value of k. (ii) Determine the cumulative distribution function of X and (iii) use it to
find the probability that a randomly selected solar battery will last at most 4 hours before needing
to be recharged.
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6. At a certain location of the highway NH 17B, the number of cars exceeding the speed limit by
more than 10 miles/hour in half an hour is a random variable having Poisson distribution with
parameter k = 8.4. (i) What is the probability that the waiting time is less than 5 minutes between
cars exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 miles/hour? (ii) What is the probability that at
most 3 cars exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 miles/hour will cross the highway in half
an hour?
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7. Let X be the normal random variable satisfying the conditions 80
16
100
8. Find
100
11645 .

10

1198

78 and
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