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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


Fall SEMESTER 2022/2023

PROBABILITY & STATISTICS


MAT 210
FINAL EXAM

PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING

CLOSED BOOK EXAMINATION

NO NOTES ARE ALLOWED

CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED

NO QUESTIONS, IF SOMETHING IS NOT UNDERSTOOD WRITE YOUR


ASSUMPTIONS AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM

THE CHEATING PENALTY WILL BE “F” IN THE COURSE

TIME DURATION IS 120 minutes


YOUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DONE ON THESE
SHEETS. NO OTHER SHEETS SHALL BE GRADED. IF EXTRA WRITING
SPACE IS NEEDED, THEN USE THE BACK OF YOUR SHEETS.

___________________ ___________________ ___________________


FIRST NAME FATHER’S NAME FAMILY NAME

____________________________
ID NUMBER

___________________________________
INSTRUCTOR
Exercise I. (16pts=4+4+8)

Let X be a discrete random variable with probability distribution:

x 1 2 3 4
f(x) 1/6 2/6 2/6 1/6

a) Calculate the cumulative distribution of f.


b) Find P(X <3).
c) Find E(X) and  X .

Proof:
Exercise II. (27pts=6+3+9+9)
Given that the joint density function is

6  x  y
 , 0  x  2, 2  y  4
f(x, y) =  8
0, elsewhere

Find

a) The marginal distributions of X and Y.


b) P(1<Y<3/ X=1).
c) E(X), E(Y) and E(XY).
d)  2 X ,  2 Y , and  XY .

Proof:
Exercise III. (8pts-4pts each)

a) Given the normally distributed random variable X with standard deviation 10


and P(X < 40) = 0.0080. Find  ?
b) Given the normally distributed random variable X with  =30 and
P(X < 50) = 0.9772. Find  ?

Proof:
Exercise IV. (9pts=3pts each)
A class consists of 10 students, 6 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways
can we form a comity for this class, if:
a) The comity consists of 4 students?
b) The comity consists of 4 students:3 boys and 1 girl?
c) The comity consists of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and
a counsellor?

Proof:
Exercise V. (20pts = 4pts each)
Assuming that each child has probability 0.51 of being a boy :
(a) Find the probability that a family of four children will have :
(i) exactly one boy,
(ii) exactly one girl,
(iii) at least one boy,
(iv) at least one girl.
(b) Show that two children is the minimum number a couple should have in order that
the probability of their having at least one boy will be greater that 0.75.

Proof:
Exercise VI. (12pts-4pts each)
If the age of the beginning of diabetes is normally distributed with mean of 40 years
and a standard deviation of 3 years.
If an individual is selected, find the probability that its age is :
(a) more than 36 years; (b) between 38 and 42 years; (c) less than 39 years.

Proof:
Exercise VII. (8pts = 4pts each)
At a certain intersection, accidents have been occurring at an average rate of 1
every 2 months. Assume that the accidents occur independently.
(a) What is the probability of there being no accidents in a given 2 months?
(b) What the average number of accidents per year? Calculate the probability of there
being no accidents in a given year.

Proof:

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