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    Roll No.

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    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    B.Tech. First Assessment – February 2017
    Fourth Semester
    15MAT213 Probability and Random Processes
    (Common to Computer Science and Engineering and
    Electronics and Communication Engineering)
    Time: Two hours Maximum: 50 Marks
    Answer all questions

    1. (a) Interest centers around the life of an electronic component. Suppose it is known that
    the probability that the component fails a particular test is 0.20 and the probability that
    the component displays strain but does not actually fail is 0.35.
    (i) What is the probability that the component does not fail the test?
    (ii) What is the probability that the component works perfectly well?
    (iii) What is the probability that the component either fails or shows strain in the test?
    (4 Marks)
    (b) Suppose that the measurement error X of a certain physical quantity is decided by the
    density function Determine k that renders a
    valid density function. (3 Marks)

    2. (a) A player tosses three fair coins. He wins Rs. 5 if 3 heads appear, Rs. 3 if 2 heads
    appear, Re. 1 if 1 head occurs. On the other hand, he loses Rs. 15 if 3 tails occur.
    Find (i) the expected gain E (X ) and (ii) V (2 X  3) . (3 Marks)

    (b) The continuous random variable X has a probability density function given by
    a  bx 2 ,0  x  1 3
    f ( x)   . Find the values of a and b if E ( X )  . (4 Marks)
    0, otherwise 5

    3. (a) Define moment generating function (MGF). Also find the value of k and then find the
    MGF for the distribution whose probability density function is given as
    (4 Marks)

    1
    (b) If a random variable has the probability function P( X  x )  , x  1,2,
    2x
    Find MGF, and hence find mean and variance of X . (3 Marks)

    4. (a) State and prove Bayes theorem. (3 Marks)

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    (b) There are ten urns and three of them contain one white and nine black balls, another
    three contain nine white and one black balls and the remaining four contains five
    white and five black balls. One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is taken
    from it. If the selected ball turned to be white, find the probability that the urn
    containing one white and nine black balls was selected. (4 Marks)

    5. Let denote the random variable that is defined as the sum of the values appearing in the
    upper face of two fair dice and be the absolute difference of the values appearing in the
    upper face of two fair dice.
    (i) Determine the probability mass function for the random variable
    (ii) Determine the cumulative distribution function for the random variable
    (iii)Determine (7 Marks)

    6. If X is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by


    kx, 0 x2
    2 k , 2 x4

    f(x) 
    k ( 6  x ), 4 x6
    0 , otherwise
    Find (i) the value of k , (ii) the cumulative distribution function, (iii) verify F  x   f ( x )
    and (iv) P( 0.5  X  2.5 ) (7 Marks)

    7. Define geometric distribution for the number of trials for first success. Obtain moment
    generating function of that distribution and find its mean and variance. (7 Marks)

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