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Assignment No.3 S. Y. B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) : Probability

This document contains an assignment with 9 questions related to probability. The questions cover topics like probability mass functions, Poisson distribution, binomial distribution, normal distribution and their applications to problems involving defective components, test scores, family sizes, letter delivery frequencies and personal incomes. The answers to each question are provided.

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Assignment No.3 S. Y. B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) : Probability

This document contains an assignment with 9 questions related to probability. The questions cover topics like probability mass functions, Poisson distribution, binomial distribution, normal distribution and their applications to problems involving defective components, test scores, family sizes, letter delivery frequencies and personal incomes. The answers to each question are provided.

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Assignment No.

3 Date:- 15/12/2021

S. Y. B.Tech (Chemical Engineering)


Probability
Q.1 A random variable x has the following probability function

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P(x) K 2k 3k 𝑘2 𝑘2 + 𝑘 2𝑘 2 4𝑘 2

Find

i) k ii) 𝑝(𝑥 < 5) iii) 𝑝(𝑥 > 5) iv) 𝑝(0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5)

Q.2 Let x be a continuous random variable with probability distribution


𝑥
+𝑘 𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
𝑝(𝑥) = {6
0 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒

Find i) k and ii) 𝑃(1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2)

Q.3 If the probability that a new born child is male is 0.6 , find the probability that in a family of 5
children there will be exactly 3 boys.

Q.4 From a box containing 100 transistors 20 of which are defective, 10 are selected t random. Find the
probability that

i) all will be defective

ii) all are non defective

iii) at least one is defective.

Q.5 Six fair coins are tossed simultaneously. If 192 such tosses are made find the expected number of
tosses showing i) one and only one heads ii) no heads iii) all heads

Q.6 Find the probability that atmost 4 defective bulbs will be found in a box of 200 bulbs if it is known
that 2% of the bulbs are defective.

Q.7 Letters were received in an office on each 100 days.Fit Poisson distribution and find expected
frequencies.
No. of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
letters

frequency 1 4 15 22 21 20 8 6 2 0 1

Q.8 In an examination given by 500 candidates the average and s. d. of marks obtained are 40 and 10
respectly. Assuming the distribution of marks to be normal find approximately i) how many will pass
if 50 is fixed as a minimum , ii) what should be the minimum if 350 candidates are to pass (S.N.V.Z
area for z= 0 to 1 is 0.3413 for z=0 to z=0.525 is 0.2)

q.9 The income of group of 10000 persons was found to be normally distributed with mean of rs. 750
and s.d. of rs. 50. What is the lowest income of richest 250?. (Given S.N.V.Z. Area for z= 0 to z-= 1.96
is 0.475

Answers:

Q.1 1 49 3 29
𝑖) 𝑘 = , 𝑖𝑖) , 𝑖𝑖𝑖) 𝑖𝑣)
8 64 32 32

Q.2 1 1
𝑖) 𝑘 = 𝑖𝑖)
12 3

Q. 3 0.3456

Q.4 i) 0.210 ii) 0.1074 iii) 0.8926

Q.5 i) 18 ii0 3 iii) 3

Q.6 0.6283

Q.7

Q.8 i) 79 ii) 34.75

Q. 9 848

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