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SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Department of Mathematics
21MAB204T-Probability and Queueing Theory
Unit – II
Tutorial Sheet - 5

S.N Questions
o.
1 If 𝑋 has a Poisson distribution such that 𝑃(𝑋 = 1) = 𝑃(𝑋 = 2), find (i) 𝑃(𝑋 = 0) (ii) 𝑃(𝑋 = 4) (iii) mean, and (iv)
variance.

2 If for a Poisson variate 𝑋, 𝐸(𝑋 2 ) = 6, what is 𝐸(𝑋)?

3 If 𝑋 and 𝑌 are independent Poisson variates having means 1 and 3 respectively, find the variance of 3𝑋 + 𝑌
𝑡 −1)
4 The MGF of the RV 𝑋 is given by 𝑀𝑋 (𝑡) = 𝑒 4(𝑒 . Find the mean of the RV.

5 If 𝑋 is a Poisson variate such that 𝑃(𝑋 = 2) = 9 𝑃(𝑋 = 4) + 90 𝑃(𝑋 = 6), find (i) 𝜆 (ii) the mean and variance of 𝑋.

6 Find the probability that at most 5 defective fuses will be found in a box of 200 fuses if experience shows that 2% of
such fuses are defective.

7 Wireless sets are manufactured with 25 soldered joints, each on the average of 1 joint in 500 is defective. How many
sets can be expected to be free from defective joints in a consignment of 10,000 sets?

8 Six coins are tossed 6400 times. Using the Poisson distribution, find the approximate probability of getting six heads
𝑟 times.

9 In a lot of semiconductor diodes, 1 in 400 diodes is defective. If the diodes are packed in boxes of 100, what is the
probability that any given box of diodes will contain a) no defective b) 1 or more defective & c) less than 2 defective
diodes?

10 A manufacturer of wet grinders wants to buy one-hp motors from a supplier, in a lot of 1000. When fitted to the machine,
these motors have a probability of failure of 0.001. In a shipment of 1000 motors what is the probability that (i) none
are defective (ii) one is defective (iii) two are defective, and (iv) three are defective?

11 The mileage which car owners get with certain kinds of radial tyres is an RV having an exponential distribution with a
mean of 40,000 km. find the probability that one of these types will last (a) at least 20,000 km. b) at most 30,000 km.

12 1
The time (in hours) required to complete a work is an exponentially distributed RV with 𝜆 = . What is the probability
2
that the time to complete the work exceeds 2 hours? What is the conditional probability that the time to complete the
work takes at least 10 hours given that its duration exceeds 9 hours?

13 The daily consumption of milk in excess of 20,000 litres in a town is approximately exponentially distributed with
parameter 1/3000. The town has a daily stock of 35,000 litres. What is the probability that of 2 days selected at random,
the stock is insufficient for both days?

14 The amount of time that a watch will run without having to be rest is a RV having an exponential distribution with mean
120 days. Find the probability that such a watch will (i) have to be set in less than 24 days, and (ii) not have to be rest
in at least 180 days?

15 Fit a Poisson distribution to the following data and calculate the expected frequencies.

𝑥 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝑓 71 112 117 57 27 11 3 1 1

Also find the variance and standard deviation of the fitted distribution.

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