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Ecc3014: Engineering Statistics SEMESTER 1, 2018/2019 Assignment 2

This document contains an assignment with 6 problems related to engineering statistics. Problem 1 involves calculating probabilities related to chair strength and ergonomics ratings. Problem 2 calculates probabilities related to spam email filtering. Problem 3 involves constructing a probability mass function plot and calculating probabilities for a discrete random variable. Problem 4 calculates probabilities for measurement errors before instrument calibration. Problem 5 involves constructing probability mass function and cumulative distribution function plots for restaurant wait times. Problem 6 calculates mean, variance, and average cost for a conductive coating thickness.

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Ecc3014: Engineering Statistics SEMESTER 1, 2018/2019 Assignment 2

This document contains an assignment with 6 problems related to engineering statistics. Problem 1 involves calculating probabilities related to chair strength and ergonomics ratings. Problem 2 calculates probabilities related to spam email filtering. Problem 3 involves constructing a probability mass function plot and calculating probabilities for a discrete random variable. Problem 4 calculates probabilities for measurement errors before instrument calibration. Problem 5 involves constructing probability mass function and cumulative distribution function plots for restaurant wait times. Problem 6 calculates mean, variance, and average cost for a conductive coating thickness.

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ECC3014: ENGINEERING STATISTICS

SEMESTER 1, 2018/2019
ASSIGNMENT 2

Problem 1 (WP1)
Chairs from a particular supplier are analyzed for strength and ergonomics rating. The
results are summarized in the following table.
Ergonomics Rating
High Low
High 70 9
Strength
Low 16 5

a) Solve for the probability of the following situations:


• A randomly selected chair has a high strength and high ergonomics rating
• A randomly selected chair has either a high strength or high ergonomics rating
b) Let Event A denotes that a chair has high ergonomics rating and Event B denotes that a
chair has high strength. Solve for the following probabilities:
• P(A) • P(B) • P(A|B) • P(B|A)

(CO2, PO1, C3)

Problem 2 (WP1)
An e-mail filter is planned to separate valid e-mails from spam. The word "free" occurs in
60% of the spam messages and only 4% of the valid messages. Also, 20% of the messages
are spam. Solve for the following probabilities:
(a) The message contains "free".
(b) The message is spam given that it contains "free".
(c) The message is valid given that it does not contain "free".
(CO2, PO1, C3)

Problem 3 (WP1)
Given the following information in the following table.
x -2 -1 0 1 2
f(x) 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
a) Construct the probability mass function plot for X.
b) Solve for the following probabilities:
• P(X≤ 2) • P(X > -2) • P(-1≤ X ≤ 1) • P(X≤ -1 or X>1 )
(CO2, PO1, C3)

Problem 4 (WP1)
A test instrument needs to be calibrated periodically to prevent measurement errors. After
some time of use without calibration, it is known that the probability density function of the
measurement error is f (x) = 1− 0.5x for 0 < x < 2 millimetres.
(a) If the measurement error within 0.5 millimetres is acceptable, solve for the probability
that the error is not acceptable before calibration.
(b) Solve for the value of measurement error exceeded with probability 0.2 before
calibration.
(c) Solve for the probability that the measurement error is exactly 0.22 millimetres before
calibration.
d) Construct the cumulative density function plot for the measurement error.
(CO2, PO1, C3)
Problem 5 (WP1)
Lengths of waiting time before being served at a restaurant are shown in the following table
(rounded to the nearest minute).
Minutes Count
1 19
2 51
3 86
4 102
5 87
6 62
7 40
8 18
9 14
10 11
15 10
a) Construct the probability mass function plot for the wait time for service.
b) Construct the probability cumulative function plot for the wait time for service.
c) Solve for the mean and variance for the wait time for service.
(CO2, PO1, C3)

Problem 6 (WP1)
The thickness of a conductive coating in micrometers has a density function of 600x−2 for
100 µm < x < 120 µm.
(a) Solve for the mean and variance of the coating thickness.
(b) If the coating costs $0.50 per micrometer of thickness on each part, solve for the
average cost of the coating per part.
(CO2, PO1, C3)

Note: Late assignment submission may be rejected if without any solid reason.

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