Assignment III

MA2201-Engineering Mathematics IV
B.Tech. IV Sem

Topic Covered: Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Chi-square distributions. Functions of

random variables.

1. The probability that a bomb dropped from a plane strike the target is 1/5. If six
bomb are dropped, find the probability that at least two will strike the target and
exactly two will strike the target. (Ans. 0.34464, 0.24576)

2. The mean and variance of binomial distribution are 4 and 4/3 respectively. Find
P (X ≥ 1). (Ans. 0.99863)

3. The mean and variance of a binomial variate X with parameters n and p are 16
and 8. Find

(a) P (X = 0), (Ans. ( 21 )32 )

(b) P (X = 1), (Ans. 32( 12 )32 )
(c) P (X ≥ 2). (Ans. 1 − 33( 12 )32 )

4. The moment generating function of the binomial random variable X is given by

 9
2 1 t
MX (t) = + e .
3 3

Find
P5 the
probability P (0.2 < X < 5.8), mean and variance of the X. (Ans.
9 1 x 2 9−x
x=0 x ( 3 ) ( 3 ) mean - 3, variance - 2)

5. In eight throws of a die 5 or 6 is considered as success. Find the mean number of

successes and the standard deviation. (Ans. 2.66, l.33)

6. If the random variables X and Y are binomially distributed, respectively with n = 3,

p = 31 and n = 5, p = 13 . Write down the probability that X + Y ≥ 1.
(Ans. 1 − ( 23 )8 )

7. After Correcting 50 pages of the proof of a book, the proof reader finds that there
are on the average; 2 errors per 5 pages. How many pages would one expect to find
with 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 error’s, in 1000 pages of the first print of the book? (Given
that e−4 = 0.6703) (Ans. 670, 268, 54, 7, 1)

8. 6 coins are tossed 6400 times. Using the Poisson distribution, find the approximate
probability of getting 6 heads 2 times. (Ans. e−100 5000)

9. In a book of 520 pages, 390 typo-graphical errors occur. Assuming Poisson law for
the number of errors per page, find the probability that a random sample of 5 pages
will contain no error. (Ans. e−3.75 )

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10. If X is a Poisson variate such that

P (X = 2) = 9P (X = 4) + 90P (X = 6).

find the mean and variance of X. (Mean = variance = 1)

11. If X and Y are independent Poisson variate such that P (X = 1) = P (X = 2) and

P (Y = 2) = P (Y = 3). Find the variance of (X − 2Y ). (Ans. 14)

12. In a normal distribution, 31% items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. What is
the mean and standard deviation of the distribution? (Given that ϕ(1.41) = 0.42,
ϕ(0.19) = 0.50) (Ans. mean = 50, S.D. = 10 )

13. Assume mean height of soldiers to be 68.22 inches with a variance of 10.8 inches
square. How many soldiers in a regiment of 1000 would you expect to be over 6
feet tall, given that the area under the standard normal curve between x = 0 and
x = 0.35 is 0.1368 and between x = 0 and x = 1.15 is 0.3746. (Ans. 125(approx))

14. A coin is tossed 12 times. Find the probability, both exactly and by fitting a normal
distribution of getting (a) 4 heads (b) at most 4 heads. (Given that ϕ(1.44) =
0.4251, ϕ(0.866) = 0.051) (Ans (a) 0.12, (b) 0.1949)

15. Most graduate schools of business require applicants for admission to take the Grad-
uate Management Admission Council’s GMAT examination. Scores on the GMAT
are roughly normally distributed with a mean of 527 and a standard deviation of
112. (a) What is the probability of an individual scoring above 500 on the GMAT.
(Ans. 0.5948) (b) How high must an individual score on the GMAT in order to
score in the highest 5% (Ans. 711.24)

16. The average number of acres burned by forest and range fires in a large New Mexico
county is 4,300 acres per year, with a standard deviation of 750 acres. The distri-
bution of the number of acres burned is normal. (a) What is the probability that
between 2,500 and 4,200 acres will be burned in any given year? (Ans. 0.4401) (b)
What number of burnt acres corresponds to the 38th percentile? (Ans. 4067.5)

17. The random variable X has probability density function f (x) = e−x , 0 < x ≤ ∞.
Find the density functions of the random variables

(a) Y = 3X + 5
(b) Y = X 3
1
1 −(y−5)/3 1 − 23 y 3
(Ans. (a). 3
e ; 5 < y ≤ ∞, (b). 3
y e , 0 < y ≤ ∞.)

18. Suppose that X has probability density function(PDF), f (x) = 12 , −1 < x < 1.
Find the PDF of Y = X 2 . (Ans. 2√1 y , 0 < y < 1)

19. Let (X, Y ) be a two dimensional non-negative random continuous variable having
2 2
joint density f (x, y) = 4xye−(x +y ) , x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0. Prove that the density function
2
p
of U = (x2 + y 2 ) is h(u) = 2u3 e−u , 0 ≤ u ≤ ∞.

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20. Given the joint density function of X and Y as
1
f (x, y) = xe−y ; 0 < x < 2, y > 0.
2
Find the joint density function of U = X + Y and V = Y . (Ans. 12 (u − v)e−v )

21. What is the standard deviation of a chi-square distribution? Solve it, where k is
the degree of freedom. (Ans. (2k)1/2 )

22. Show that for 2 d.f . the Probability P of a value of χ2 greater than χ20 is exp(− 12 χ20 )
and hence that χ20 = 2 loge ( P1 ) deduce the value of χ20 when P = 0.05. (Ans. 3.012)