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This document contains 16 questions related to probability distributions and random variables. The questions cover topics such as classifying random variables as discrete or continuous, determining probability distributions and values from cumulative distribution functions and density functions, and calculating probabilities for normally distributed random variables. Students are asked to complete the questions as an assignment with a deadline of March 29, 2021.

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This document contains 16 questions related to probability distributions and random variables. The questions cover topics such as classifying random variables as discrete or continuous, determining probability distributions and values from cumulative distribution functions and density functions, and calculating probabilities for normally distributed random variables. Students are asked to complete the questions as an assignment with a deadline of March 29, 2021.

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Assignment# 02

ES-202, Sec-B,C,D
Deadline: 29/03/2021
1. Classify the following random variables as discrete or continuous:
X: the number of automobile accidents per year in Virginia.
Y: the length of time to play 18 holes of golf.
M: the amount of milk produced yearly by a particular cow.
N: the number of eggs laid each month by a hen.
P: the number of building permits issued each month in a certain city.
Q: the weight of grain produced per acre.

2. An overseas shipment of 5 foreign automobiles contains 2 that have slight paint blemishes.
If an agency receives 3 of these automobiles at random, list the elements of the sample
space S, using the letters B and N for blemished and non blemished, respectively; then to
each sample point assign a value x of the random variable X representing the number of
automobiles with paint blemishes purchased by the agency.

3. Let W be a random variable giving the number of heads minus the number of tails in three
tosses of a coin. List the elements of the sample space S for the three tosses of the coin and
to each sample point assign a value w of W.
4. Determine the value c so that each of the following functions can serve as a probability
distribution of the discrete random variable X:

,
5. An investment firm offers its customers municipal bonds that mature after varying numbers
of years. Given that the cumulative distribution function of T, the number of years to
maturity for a randomly selected bond, is:

,Ans=1/4, ½, ½, 2/3
6. The waiting time, in hours, between successive speeders spotted by a radar unit is a
continuous random variable with cumulative distribution function

, Ans=0.7981
7. Consider the density function

, Ans=0.3004

8. Three cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement. Find the probability
distribution for the number of spades.
9. An important factor in solid missile fuel is the particle size distribution. Significant
problems occur if the particle sizes are too large. From production data in the past, it has
been determined that the particle size (in micrometers) distribution is characterized by

, Ans=0.0156
10. Measurements of scientific systems are always subject to variation, some more than others.
There are many structures for measurement error, and statisticians spend a great deal of
time modeling these errors. Suppose the measurement error X of a certain physical quantity
is decided by the density function
, k=3/16 , 99/128, 0.164
11. The proportion of the budget for a certain type of industrial company that is allotted to
environmental and pollution control is coming under scrutiny. A data collection project
determines that the distribution of these proportions is given by

0.4095, .03125
12. On a laboratory assignment, if the equipment is working, the density function of the
observed outcome, X, is

5/9,1/4,3/4
13. Given the normally distributed variable X with mean 18 and standard deviation 2.5,
a) Calculate P(X <15);
0.11507
b) Calculate P(17 < X < 21).
0.54035
c) Find the value of k such that P(X <k) = 0.2236.
16.1
d) Find the value of k such that P(X >k) = 0.1814.
120.275

14. The time until recharge for a battery in a laptop computer under common conditions is
normally distributed with a mean of 260 minutes and a standard deviation of 50 minutes.
a) Sketch (well) the corresponding normal PDF. Label and scale both axes.
b) In your sketch, show the probability that a randomly selected recharge is less than
three hours.
c) What is the probability that a battery lasts more than four hours?
0.65542
d) What are the quartiles (the 25% and 75% values) of battery life?
226.5min, 293.5min

e) What value of life in minutes is exceeded with 95% probability?


178min

15. The speed of a file transfer from a server on campus to a personal computer at a student’s
home on a weekday evening is normally distributed with a mean of 60 kilobits per second
(kbps) and a standard deviation of 4 kilobits per second (kbps).
a) What is the probability that the file will transfer at a speed of 70 kilobits per second
or more?
0.0062097
b) What is the probability that the file will transfer at a speed of less than 58 kilobits per
second?
0.3085
c) If the file is 1 megabyte (MB), what is the average time it will take to transfer the
file? (Assume eight bits per byte.)
139.8 sec
16. The life of a semiconductor laser at a constant power is normally distributed with a mean
of 7000 hours and a standard deviation of 600 hours.
a) What is the probability that the laser fails before 5800 hours?
0.02275
b) What is the probability that the laser fails after being in operation between 6700 hours
and 7900 hours?
0.624653
c) What is the probability that the laser lasts at least 7768 hours?
0.1003
d) What is the life in hours that 85% of the lasers exceed? 6376 hrs

************Good Luck**************

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