HW 1 - Me-451

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Mechanical Engineering Department
ME 451: Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments

Semester (162)
Homework # 1
Assigned date: Thursday, Feburay 23, 2017
Due date: Thursday, March 02, 2017 (IN THE CLASS)
Name: ________________________ ID#: _____________________
Problems Marks Grades

Obtained
1 10
2 10
3 10
4 10
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 10
9 10
10 10
Total 100
Problem # 1: The thickness measurement of a wall of plastic tubing, in
millimeters, varies according to a cumulative distribution function
Determine the following.

a) P(X ≤ 2.0080)
b) P(X >2.0055)
c) If the specification for the tubing requires that the thickness measurement be
between 2.0090 and 2.0100 millimeters, what is the probability that a single
measurement will indicate conformance to the specification?
c) P(2.0090 < X < 2.0100) = P(2.0100) – P(2.0090) = 1- 0.8 = 0.2

Problem # 2: A medical linear accelerator is used to accelerate electrons to create
high-energy beams that can destroy tumors with minimal impact on surrounding
healthy tissue. The beam energy fluctuates between 200 and 210 MeV (million
electron volts). The cumulative distribution function is
Determine the following.

(a) P(X < 209)
(b) P(200 < X < 208)
(c) P(X > 209)
(d) What is the probability density function?
(e) Graph the probability density function and the cumulative distribution function.
(f ) Determine the mean and variance of the beam energy.
a) P(X < 209) = 0.1(209) – 20 = 0.9

b) P(200 < X < 208) = F(208) – F(200) = 0.8 – 0 = 0.8
c) P(X > 209) = 1 – F(209) = 1 – 0.9 = 0.1
d) f(x) = 0.1 for 200 ≤ x ≤ 210
e)
f) E(X) = 205, V(X) = 8.3333

Problem # 3: Show that the following functions are probability density functions
for some value of k and determine k. Then determine the mean and variance of X.
Problem # 4: Assume that X is normally distributed with a mean of 20 and a
standard deviation of 2. Determine the following.
a) P(X < 24) = P(Z < 2) = 0.97725
b) P(X > 18) = P(Z > -1) = 0.841345
c) P(18 < X < 22) = P(-1 < Z < 1) = P(Z < 1) – P(Z < -1) = 0.841345 – 0.158655 =
0.68269
d) P(14 < X < 26) = P(-3 < Z < 3) = 0.99865 – 0.00135 = 0.9973
Problem # 5: Assume that X is normally distributed with a mean of 6 and a

standard deviation of 3. Determine the value for x that solves each of the
following.
Problem # 6: The line width of a tool used for semiconductor manufacturing is
assumed to be normally distributed with a mean of 0.5 micrometer and a standard
deviation of 0.05 micrometer.
(a) What is the probability that a line width is greater than 0.62 micrometer?
(b) What is the probability that a line width is between 0.47 and 0.63 micrometer?
(c) The line width of 90% of samples is below what value?
Problem # 7: The diameter of the dot produced by a printer is normally distributed
with a mean diameter of 0.002 inch and a standard deviation of 0.0004 inch.
(a) What is the probability that the diameter of a dot exceeds 0.0026 inch?
(b) What is the probability that a diameter is between 0.0014 and 0.0026 inch?
(c) What standard deviation of diameters is needed so that the probability in part
(b) is 0.995?
 0.0026  0.002 
(a) P X  0.0026)   P Z  
 0.0004 
 PZ  1.5  1  0.933193  0.0668
 0.0014  0.002 0.0026  0.002 

(b) P0.0014  X  0.0026  P Z 
 0.0004 0.0004 
 P 1.5  Z  1.5  PZ  1.5  PZ  1.5  0.9331  0.0668  0.8663
 0.0014  0.002 0.0026  0.002 

(c) P0.0014  X  0.0026  P Z 
   
  0.0006 0.0006 
 P Z   0.995
   
 0.0006    0.0006 
 P Z    P Z    0.995
     
 0.0006   0.0006 
 P Z    P Z    0.995
     
 0.0006    0.0006 
 P Z    1  P Z    0.995
      
 0.0006 
 2 P Z    1  0.995
  
 0.0006 
 P Z    0.9975
  
0.0006
  2.81

   0.00021
Problem # 8: Intravenous fluid bags are filled by an automated filling machine.
Assume that the fill volumes of the bags are independent, normal random variables
with a standard deviation of 0.08fluid ounce.
(a) What is the standard deviation of the average fill volume of 20 bags?
(b) If the mean fill volume of the machine is 6.16 ounces, what is the
probability that the average fill volume of 20 bags is below 5.95 ounces?
(c) What should the mean fill volume equal in order that the probability that the
average of 20 bags is below 6 ounces is 0.001?
 0.08
(a)  X    0.017 fluid ounce
n 20
 5.95  6.16 
(b) PX  5.95)   P Z  
 0.017 
 PZ  12.35  0
 X  6 
(c ) P    0.001

 X 0.017 
 PZ  z0   0.001
From the standard normal table: z0 = - 3.09
6
  3.09
0.017
   6.0523 fluid ounce
Problem # 9: A random sample of n = 9 structural elements is tested for
compressive strength. We know that the true mean compressive strength is 5500
psi and the standard deviation is 100 psi. Find the probability that the sample mean
compressive strength exceeds 4985 psi.
Problem # 10: Suppose that the time to prepare a bed at a hospital is modeled with
a random variable with a mean of 20 minutes and a variance of 16 minutes.
Approximate the probabilities of the following events:
(a) Mean time to prepare 100 beds is less than 21 minutes.
(b) Total time to prepare 100 beds is less than 2200 minutes.

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Mechanical Engineering Department

ME 451: Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments

Name: ____ ID#: _

Problems Marks Grades

Determine the following.

c) P(2.0090 < X < 2.0100) = P(2.0100) – P(2.0090) = 1- 0.8 = 0.2

Determine the following.

a) P(X < 209) = 0.1(209) – 20 = 0.9

f) E(X) = 205, V(X) = 8.3333

a) P(X < 24) = P(Z < 2) = 0.97725

b) P(X > 18) = P(Z > -1) = 0.841345

Problem # 5: Assume that X is normally distributed with a mean of 6 and a

 0.0014  0.002 0.0026  0.002 

 0.0014  0.002 0.0026  0.002 

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