MA202 Probability Distributions, Transforms and Numerical Methods, April 2018 PDF
MA202 Probability Distributions, Transforms and Numerical Methods, April 2018 PDF
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1 a) Derive the formula for mean and variance of Binomial distribution. (7)
b) 100 fair dice are thrown. Find the expectation of the sum of the numbers thrown. (8)
2 a) A continuous random variable X has apdf f(x) : kx2e-' ix > O. (7)
Find i) Value of k and ii) Mean of the dishibution.
b) If X is a uniformly distributed R Zwith mean 1 and varianc. l, nna P(lx - 2l < 2) (8)
3 a) The time in hours required to repair a machine is exponentially diskibuted with (7)
mean 20. What is the Probability that the required time :
i) Exceeds 30 hrs ii) Between 16 hrs and 24 hrs.
b) Marks of a set of students for a certain subject are approximately normally (8)
diskibuted with mean 62 andvariance 9. If 4 students are randomly selected, what
is the probability that 3 of them have less than 60 marks?
PART B (MODULES III AND rV)
Answer any two full questions, each cawies 75 marks
decimal places).
b) Using Lagrange's interpolation formula, fit a polynomial to the given data and (7)
hence fndy(z)
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c) Using Nerffton's Forward Interpolation Formula, find the value of sin 52' given that (6)
r "sin:4s'"''F 0.7071, sin 50" = 0.7660,sin 55'
: 0,8L92,sin 60" = 0'8660,
sin65'= 0.9063.
8 a) Solve the following equations by Gauss- Seidel iteration Method. (correct to 3 (7)
decimal places).
x 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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Find approximately the area of cross section using- d:,-^^^-)
Simpson's |3 rd rule.
9 a) Using Newton-Raphson Method, derive a fonnula to find 1iF where Nis a real (10)
b) Using Rnnge- Kutta Method of Fourth Order, H = J, W; y(0) = 1, find y(0.2) (10)
with h = 0.1
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