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THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

ST 121: Probability Theory 2018/2019

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS_3

QUESTION ONE

a) A multiple choice quiz has 15 questions, each with 4 possible answer of which only 1 is
the correct answer .What is the probability that total guesswork yields from 5 to 10
correct answer?
b) Consider the system of components connected as in the accompanying picture.
Components 1 and 2 are connected in parallel, so that subsystem works iff either 1 or 2
works; since 3 and 4 are connected in series, that subsystem works iff both 3 and 4 work.
If components work independently of one another and ,P(component works) =0.9 .
Calculate P(system works).

QUESTION TWO

a) If a pair of dice is tossed 6 times,what is the probability of obtaining a total of 7 or 11


twice, a matching pair once, and any other combination 3 times?
b) A nationwide survey of 17000 seniors by the University of Michigan reveals that almost
70% disapprove of the daily pot smoking according to the report in Parade, September
14, 1980. If 18 of these seniors are selected at random and asked their opinions. What is
the probability that more than 9 but less than 14 disapprove of smoking pot?

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QUESTION THREE

a) A committee of size 5 is to be selected at random from 3 women and 5 men. Find the
probability distribution for the number of women on the committee.
b) According to the theory of genetics a certain cross of guinea pigs will result in red, black,
and white offspring in the ratio 8:4:4. Find the probability that among 8 such offspring 5
will be red, 2 black and I white.

QUESTION FOUR

Suppose the probability is 0.8 that any given person will believe a tale about life after death.
What is the probability that.
a) The sixth person to hear this tale is the fourth one to believe it?
b) The third person to hear this tale is the first one to believe it?
QUESTION FIVE
a) A certain type of storage battery lasts on the average 3.0 years, with standard deviation of
0.5 year. if 8.08% of the battery lasts and assuming that the battery lives are normally
distributed, what was the highest life time among lasts batteries ?
b) Let X be poison random variable with parameter θ . Find the moment generating function
of X and hence find the mean and variance of X.
QUESTION SIX
a) Suppose hat on average I person in every 1000 is an alcoholic. Find the probability
that a random sample of 8000 people will yield fewer than 7 alcoholics
b) A company pays its employees an average wage of $3.25 an hour with a standard
deviation of 60 cents. If the wages are approximately normally distributed, determine
i) The proportion of the workers getting wages between $2.75 and $3.69 an hour;
ii) The minimum wage of the highest 5%.

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