An

EXERCISE 8.1
In a class of 12 students. S are hoys and the rest are girls. Find the probability
selected will be a girl. that astude
Ans.
2.
Ahag eontains 7red and &black balls. Find thc probability of drawing a red ball
Ans. DrOb
3. Three of the six vertices of aregular hexagon arc choosen at random. Find the probabilitythat
the
with three vertices is equilateral. triane
Aas
F

4
What is the probability that a leap year, selected at random, willcontain 53 Sundays.
5. Choose the correct answer: Aas.

(a) Insolving any problem, odds against Aare 4to 3 and odds in favour of Bin solving the
are 7 to 5. The probability that the problem will be solved is
5 16 15 69
() (i1) (iit) (iv)
21 21 84 84
Ans.

(b) In agiven race, the odds in favour of horses A, B, C, D are 1:3, 1: 4, 1:3, 1:6 respectively Te
probability that horse C wins the race is
1 Ans.
(i) 4
(i1) 5
(in) 6
(iv)

(c) In tossing a fair ie, the probability of getting an odd numberor a number less than +is
(i) 2 (ii) 1/2 (i1) 2/3 () 34
(d) An unbiasedcoin is tossed 3times.The probability of obtaining two heads is
3 Ans
(i) (i1) ()

6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate correct answer

(a)Chance of throwing 6 at least once in our throws with single die is. Ans.

(b)A pair of fair dice is thrown and one die shows a four. The probability Aus.

that the other die shows 5 is.

 EXERCISE 8.2
2
1. The probability that Nirmal will solve a problem is and the probability that 1

it is
4
3
What is the probability that
3
Satyajit wil ohve
(a) the problem will be solved
(b) neither can solve it.
Ans. (a) (b)
2. Two persons A and B toss an unbiased coin alternately on the 12
the head wins. If A starts the game, then what are understanding that the
the first
fret who
.
their respective chances of winning
3. Four persons are chosen at
random from a group containing 3 men, 2 women, and 4
that the probability that exactly two of them will be children is 10 children.
Show
21
4. Afive digit number is formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
without repetition. Find .
probability that the number is divisible by 6.
Ans.
5. The chances that doctor A will diagnose a 25
will die by his treatment after correct
disease X correctly is 60%. The chances that a
patie
is 70%. Apatient of doctor A, who had diagnosis is 40% and the chances of death by
wrong diagnoss
disease X, died, what is the chance that his disease Was
diagnosed correctly ?
Ans.
6. An anti-aircraft gun can take a
maximum of four shots on enemy's plane moving from it IR
probabilities of hitting the plane at first, second,
respectively. Find the probability that the gun hits third
the
and fourth shots are 0.4, 0.3. 0.2 and .
plane. Ans. 0.69%
7. An electronic component consists of
three parts. Each part has probability 0.99 of
satisfactorily. The component fails if pertormn
that the parts perform independently, two or more parts do not perform satisfactorily. Asss
satisfactorily. determine the probability that the component does not p
Ans. 0.0002N
8. The face cards are removed from a full
pack. Out of the remaining 40 cards, 4 are drawn at random
What is the probability that they belong to different suits ? As. 939
 Ofthe cigarette
smoking population, 70% are Probability and Distribution
285
of thhese wWOmen smoke WILLS. What is the men and 30% women. 10% of
will be a man.
prohahility that a person these men and 20%
seen smoking a WILLS 7
machine contains a component Ans.
10. 4 ( that is vital to its 13
Is 80 le improve the reliability operation The
machine. a similar contponent isreliahility
of a of component C
svstem S The machine will
work provided that one of used in
these components parallel to form
a
Calculate the reliability of the system S
functions corectly
1L In
aholt factory. machines 4 Band C Ans. 96%
manufacture 25%. 350% and 4(% of the
Of their outputs, 5%. 4D% and 2% are
defective bolts A bolt is chosen at total output respectively.
random md found to he
defective What is the probability that the bolt
came from machine4BC Ans. 15 28 I6
contains four white and two black beads and 69 69 69
2 One hag another contains three of cach colour Abead
drawn from each bag What is the probability that one is white
and one is black Ans.
The odds that a book will be favourably reviewed by three
to 4 respectively. What is the probability that of the independent eritics are 5 to 2. 4 to 3,
favourable
three reviews, a majority will be
209
Ans.
343

M le Eand Fbe independent events. The probability that both E and F happen is and the
12
probability that neither E nor F happen is Then find P (E) and P (F).
Ans. P(E) P(F)
3

KIven a random variable whose range set is (1, 2) and whose probability is f) and f(2)
4 4
3
Fnd the mean and variance of the distribution. Ans. Mean Var
4

0.6. Find the

Aman takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backward with probability
probability that at the end ofll steps, he is just one step away trom the starting point.
Ans. 0.I067

preceding the first success in an inhnite

Whal would be the expectation of the number of failures
eTIes of independent trials with the constant probability of successp
are p. 4p. 4p. 4p.
Hint Thc probabilities of success in Ist, 2nd, 3rd trials respectivety
c cxpectcd number of failures preccding the first suCCes

is in
lailure (ndependent ot oher cngines) when the aireralt
probability of an arplane cng1neat least S0 of th aiplane cngin should renain operatiOnal
is (1-P) hor aISucccssful flight CHgme one
tor whuch values of P would you pretes a our cngiIC altplae to a (W0
Where
ame IS
person plays ndependent gamcs Lhe pobabilt ot b wmng IN
m
odd number of games
probability that the peson wm an
are posituve nunbers) Show that
2 ay
 4 0.1937

20% of the
chosen at random
1a) 1
bolts
(b) 0
EXERCISEdefect8.ive,3
produced by a machine are Ans.
holts will bedefective.
(c) At most 2 determine the probability that out of 4
2. Six dice are
a six ? thrown 729 times. How many times
bolts
do you Ans. (a)0.4096, (b)
3. If the chance that any one of the
expect at least
three 0.
dice
4096, (c) 0.9728.
that 5 of the lines are
busy ? What10istelephone
the lines is busy at
any instant is 0.2,
to show a
five or
Ans.233
An insurance probability that all the lines are busy? what is the chance
4.
salesman sells policies to 5 men, all of Ans. i°C, (0.2)°
actuarial tables the identical age in good health. (0.8,(0.to2)10
probability
Find the probability that that a man of this
in 30 years particular age will be alive 30 According the2
(a) All 5 men (b) At least 3 men years hence is 3
will be alive. (c)Only 2men (d) At least l man
5. Ans. (a) 32 (b) 192 (c) 40
Assuming aBinomial 243
distribution, fnd the probablity of obtaining at least two 243 243 (d)-243
242

die 4times.
"six" in rolling afair
6. If 171
successive trials are independent and the Ans,
1296
probability that the irst success occurs on theprobabity
rth tral is
of success on any trial is p.
show that the
Pl p n 1,2,3...
Consider um in which 4 balls havc becn
an
i1 the coin falls head, a placed by the following scheme: Afair
white ball is placed in the urn, and coin is tossed;
if the coin falls tail, a red ball
urn. () What is the is placed in
probabil1ty that the urn will contain exactly 3
rObability that the urn wilcontain exactly 3red balls, white balls ? (ii)
given that the first ball placed What
is the
was red?
3
8
Abox
Ans. () 8
(ii)
8
contains l0 serews, 3 of which are defective. Two screws
are drawn at random without
replacenent. Find the probability that none of the two screws is defective. Ans.
7
S. Out of 800 15

0)2 boy s families with four children each hovw many families would be expected to have :
and girls; (ii) at least one boy:
Assume cqual probabilities for boys and girls. (iii) noAns. girl: (iv) at most two girls?
(i) 300, (i) 750, (ii) 50, (iv) 550.
 .e 0 ofthe bolts
EXERCISE 9.1
1.
chosen at random
produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability that out of 4bolts
(a)1 (b)0 (c) At nost 2
bolts will be defective. Ans. (a) 0.4096 (b) 0.4096 (c) 0,9728.
Civ dice are thrown 729 times. How many timesdo
2. you expect at least three dice to show a five or al
six?
Ans. 233|
3.
Eind the probability of getting atotal of 7 at least once in 4 tosses of a pair of fair dice.?

Ans.
671
1296

4. Ifthe chance that any one of the 10 telephone lines is busy at any instant is 0.2, what is the chance
that 5of the lines are busy ? What is the probability that all the lines are busy ?
Ans. "C, (0.2)° (0.8, (0.2)9|
An insurance salesman sells policies to 5 men, allof identical age in good health. According to the
5. 2
actuarial tables the probability that a man of this particular age will be alive 30 years hence is
Find the probability that in 30 years.
(a) All 5 men (b) At least 3 men (c) Only 2 men (d) Atleast l man will be alive.
32 192 40 242
Ans. (a)
243
(b)-243 (c)
243
(d)
243

of obtainingat least two "six" in rolling a171fair

6. Assuming a Binomial distribution, find the probability
Ans.
die 4 times. 1296
that the
independent and the probability of success on any trial is p, show
7. If successive trials are
on thenth trial is
probability that the first success occurs
n=1,2, 3, ....
p(l-p), coin is tossed: if
balls have been placed by the following scheme : A fair placed in urn.
8. Consider an urn in which 4 urn,and ifthe coin falls tail, a
red ball is
ball is placed in the ? (ii) What is the probability
the coin falls head, awhite contain exactly 3 white balls
that the urn will first ball placed was red?
)What is the probability
exactly 3 red balls, given that the
Ans.(i) (i)
that the urn will contain

Two screws are drawn at random without

defective.
8. contains 10 screws. 3 of which are two screws is defective. Ans.
A box probability that none of the
replacemnent. Find the have:
many families would be expected to
each, how (/v) at most two
girs"
800 families with four children (iii) no girl;
Oul of 016 17, 014 75)
(i)at least one boy; (4KTU
(i) 2boys and 2 giris;
for boys and girls. () 7S0 (ii)S0 ()550.
Assume equal probabilities Ans. (i)300
hurdle is 5.6.
he willclear each
that
cross 10 hurdles,The probability
player has to hurdles ? Ans.
l1,
a nurdle race, a will knock downlessthan 2 3l6.
that he
What is the pprobability 0,99 of pertorming satis-
probability
three parts. Each part hassatislactorily. Assumingthatthe parts
consists of perform satistactorily.
12. An electronic component 2 or more partsdo not component does not perlormAns.0.000298
fails if that the
factorily. The Component determine the probability
Omindependently,
320 Introduction to Engineering Mathematics IV

Find the binomial distribution whose mean is 5 and variance is 10/3. Ans.
13.

14. The probability that on. joining Engincering College, astudent will successtully
complete
of studies is Detemine the probability thaf
at least two will sccessfully complete the course.
out of 5 students joining the College (i)
Ans. (i) 32
nonethe:oandurse (i
3125
15. Acarton contains 20 fuses, 5 of which are defective. Three fuses are chosen at random
annd 25
What is the probability that at most one defective fuse is found. inAns.speted
32
16. Abag contains three coins, one of which is coined with two heads. while the other two
nomal and not biased. Acoin is thrown at random from the bag and tossedthree times in coIns are
If heads tum up cach time, what is the probability that this is the two-headed coin ? sucAns.eSSIOn
5
17. In sampling alarge number of parts manufactured by a machine, the mean number off
a sample of 20 is 2. Out of 1,000such samples, how many would be expected to contain at detectivleseastin3
defective parts ?
Ans. 324
18. The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the workers have 209% chass
suffering from it. What is the probability that out of 6workers 4or more willcatch the disescet
(A. MIE., Winter 2005
Ans.
2125
19. If theprobability ofhitting a target is 10% and 10 shots are fired independently, what is the probabil
that the target will be hit at least once ? Ans. 1- (0.9)0 =0.65 nearts
20. Among 10,000 random digits, find the probability p that the digit 3appears at most 950 times
956 10.009

Ans.> 10.000 C
n=0

21.
Afair coin is tossed 400 times. Using normal approximation to the binomial, fnd the probabiliry thu
ahead willoccur (a) more than 180 times and (b) less than 195 times.
Ans. (a)
22.
Four coins were tossed 200 times. The number oftosses showing 0, 1.2,3 and 4heads were leud
to be as under. Fit abinomial distribution to these observed results. Find the expected trequencis
No. of heads 2 3 4
No. of tosses 15 Ans.
35 90 40 20
23. Aproduct is 0.5 per cent defective and is packed in ofit contans
cartons ot 100. What percentage Ans,908;
not more than 3defective,
24. If in alot of 500 solenoids 25 are solenoidsit)
defective, find the probability of 0and 3 defective ()0.05%0
random sample of 20 solenoids. Ans. (i)0.3585
direct hits
25. In a bomnbing aclion there is 50% chance that any bomb will
strike the targel. Two givea
needed to destroy the target completely. How many bombs are required to be droppedto Ans.l1
chance or better of completely destroying the target. 2008)
(R.GPI. Bhopal.. June in
that
a

26. If 3% of the electric bulbs manulactured by a company are probability

defective, find the
sample of 100bulbs, there are 5 defective bulbs.
 EXERCISE 10.1
1 Find the probability that at most 5 defective fuses willbe found in a
box of 200 fuses if experience
shows that 2 percent of such fuses are defective. Ans. 0.785
The number of accidents during a year in a factory has the Poisson distribution with mean
1.5. The
accidents during different years are assumed independent. Find the probability that only 2accidents
take place during 2 years time. Ans. 0.224
3. Amanufacturer of cotter pins knows that 5% of his product is
defective. If he sells cotter pins in
boxes of 100 and guarantee that not more than 10 pins will be defective, what is the approximate
probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality. [e=0.006738] Ans. 0.0136875
4. Suppose the number of telephone calls on an operator received from 9.00 to 9.05 follow a Poissor
distribution with mean 3. Find the probability that
() the operator will receive no calls in that time interval tomorrow.
(ü) in the next three days the operator will receive a total of l call in that time interval.
[e=0.04978] Ans. (i) e (ii) 3 x (e(e
5. On the basis of past record it has been found that there is 70% chance of power cut in a city on any
particular ay. What is the probabilitythat from the first tothe 10th date of the month, there are 5
or more days without power cut.

Ans.
|3'3
-+ +
3 33 3 e
5! 6! 7! ! 9 10!
 Mathematics - IV
344 Introduction to Engineering 18.

mistakes commited by atypist is

given below. Assuming a
6. The distribution oftyping
find out the expected frequencies:
Mistakes per pages )
2 3
Pois onmodel, 19.
27 1
156 69
No. of pages Ans. 147, 147, 74,
25,6,
Iet i be the number of cars per minute passing a certain crossing of roads between 5 00,IP.M. and
distribution with mean 4.
pages. 20.
7.
AsSume x has a Poisson the Find
7.00 PM. on aholiday.
any given minute betwecen 5.00 P.M. and17 P.M. (given e of probability
observing atmost 3cars during
=0,0183)
Ans. 0,4331
Leta be the number of cars., passing a certain point, per minute at a particular time. Assuming that
1 has a Poisson distribution with mean 0.5, find the probability of observing 3 or fewer cars during 21.

any given minute. Ans. 0.998

Poisson distribution wist
Findofcustomers
Number
100. arriving
the probability
at a service counter during a day has a
that at least one customer will arrive on each day during a period of five
will arrive during two days.
davs. Also find the probability that exactly 3 customers
Ans. (1-ee350 4(100
distribution. If
10. The random variable X has a Poisson
3).
P(N= 1)= 0.01487, P (X= 2) = 0.04461. Then find P (X= Ans. 0.08922
Asource of water is known to contain bacteria with mean number of bacteria per cc
equal to 2. Five
11.
lcc test tubes were filled with water. Assuming that Poisson distribution is applicable, calculate the
2
probability that exactly 2 test tubes contain at least 1bacterium each. Ans. -e)= 0.349
12. In a normal summer, a truck driver gets on an average one puncture in 1000 km. Applying Poisson
distribution, find the probability that he will have
() no puncture, (ii) two punctures in a journey of 3000 kms. Ans. () e (i) 4.5e
13. Wireless sets are manufactured with 25 soldered jointseach. On an average, 1joint in 500 is detective
How many sets can be expected to be free from defective joints in a consignment of 10000 sets? 22.
Ans. 9512
1
14. In acertain factory turning out razor blades, there is small chance for any blade to be defective
500
The blades are supplied in packets of 10. Using Poisson's distribution, calculate the approximae
number of packets containing (i) no defective (ii) one defective and (ii) two defective blades
spectively in aconsignment of 10,000packets. (e 002 = 0.9802). Ans. (i)9802 (¿)1o()
15. The number of accidents in a year involving taxi drivers in a city follows a Poisson distribution wih
mean cqual to 3. Out of 1000taxi drivers, find approximately the number of drivers with
(i) no accident in ayear
Aus. 0.0498 000
Ans. 0.3Slo 00|
(i) more than 3accidents in ayear
16. If mand denoted by the mean and central rh moment of a Poisson distribution, then prove!

P,.= mu,,t mdu, r-mn)'

tind
dm Hint. L,
Calculat:
17. Assuming that the probab1lity of a laal accident in afaclory during the yer is 1200
accidentsn
the probability that in a lactory employing 300 workers, there will be at least (wofatalAns.002o5
ayear. (e 3 =0.7788)
 Poisson Distribution 345
Acertain screw-making machine produces an
in boxes of 500. Find the probability that a boxaverage 2 defective screws out of 100, and pack them
18.
contains I5 defective screws.
(A.MIE, Winter 2005)) Ans. 0.0347
An insurace company found thatonly 0.01% of the
19. population is
each vear. If 1000 policy holders were randomly selected from theinvolved certain type of accident
in a
population,
hat not more that 2 of its clients are involved in such an accident next year? what is the probability
Ans. 0.9998
The distribution of the number of road accidents per day in a city is Poisson
20. with mean 4. Find the
number of days out of 100 days when there will be:
()no accident (ii) at least 2 accidents
(ii)at most 3 accidents (iv) between 2 and 5 accidents
Ans. (i) 2 days (i) 91 days (ii) 43 days (iv) 39 days
21. Fill in the blanks :
i)lfa randomvariable x follows Poisson distribution suchthat P(X=1)= P(X=2) then the mean
of the distribution is
(b)Mean and variance of aPoisson distribution are
ic) lf the probability of adefective fuse is 0.05, the variance for the distribution of defective fuses in
atotal of 40 is
id) The probability of the king of hearts drawn from a pack of cards once in 52 trials is
(e) Ifthe standard deviation ofthe Poisson distribution is V2, the probability for r=2 is
()Ifx has a modified Poisson distribution
(e"-1)'m'
P =P(r=k) =- k! -, (k=1, 2, 3,...), then the expectation ofx is

some positive integer kthen

(g) Ifx has a poisson distribution such that P(r = k)= P(r= k + 1) for
mean ofx is me"
2
Ans. (a) 2.(6)equal, (c) 2, (d) (e) e 0 (8) k+ 1.

22. Choose the correct answer:

that 2 P (X= 0) = P(X=2). Then standard deviation
(a) Let Xbe aPoisson random variable, such
of x is
(i) -V2 (i) V2 Ans. (ii)
() 4. (i) 2.
well
a shuffled pack of cards.Asequence of 156consecutive trials are made.
(6) Acard is drawn from clubs will be drawn at least once is
that the Queen of
Using Poisson distribution, the probability
obtained as (iv) 1-e Ans. (ii)
(1) e (i) 1-e3
k) =P(r=k+ l), then the mnean is :
(C) In the Poisson distribution if P(x= Ans. (iii)
(iii) k + I (iv) k- !
(i)k (ii) 2k
(R.GPV. Bhopal, II Semester, June 2007)
,P(r =2) = 3 then
distribution. lt P( = 3)=
(a) The random variable x has a Poisson 6'

P(x=0) is (iv)exp (-12) Ans. (i)

(i) exp (-3/2) (ii)exp (3/2) (ii)exp (-3)
2 Poisson distribution will be
distribution if PX= 2)= PX= ).then mean of
ror Poisson
2 Ans. (ii)
4
3
() 0 (iii) 4
 EXERCISE
and the standard
mean
is 68.12 units deviatior
height of the soldiers soldiers could be expected to be moreth
1000, the
1. In aregiment of normal distribution. how many
units. Assuming a
72 units? lt is given that
1.15) = 0.3749 and
Piz = 1.00) = 0.3413. P(z = Ans. 1
the standard normal variable.
is
P(z = 1.25) = 0.3944, where z average value of 10 vez
manufactured in a factory is known to have an
(2. The lifetime of radiotubes atube taken randomly (i) exceeds 15years, (ii) is less th
Find theprobability that the lifetime of
probability law is followed. Ans. (i) 0.2231,(i) 0.391
5years, assuming that the exponential
data shows that hub thickness of a particular type of gear is normally distribur
3. Analysis of past
deviation of 0.04 cm.
about a mean thickness of 2.00 cm with astandard
a thickness greater than 2.06 cr
(i) What isthe probability that a gear chosen at random will have
thickness between 1.89
(ii) How many gears in a production run of 600 such gears will have a
1.95 cm?

Given o (1.5) = 0.4332, ¢ (2.75) =0.4970, o (1.25) = 0.3944 Ans. (i) 0.0668, (ii) 62 (61.56) a
4. Thebreaking strength Xof acotton fabric is normally distributed with E(r) = l6 and o (r) =1.1
fabric is said to be good if X 14. What is the probability that a fabric chosen at random is g0
Ans, 0 97
Given that o (2) = 0.9772
 Normal Distribution 365
manutàcturer knows from
A experience resistance of resistors he produces is
|40 Qand standard deviationo
that
$Q. Find the
between l38 Qand 142 SQ. (given (0,4) = 0.65$4, percentage of resistors that willnormal
have
with mean
where zis standard normal resistance
variate).
Ans. 31.08%
Amanulacturing company opacks pencils in fancy plastic boxes. The length of the pencils is
distributed with u=6"and 0.2. The internal length of the normally
that the box would be too small for the pencils? (Given thatboxes is 6,4".
a value of the What is the probability
standardized normal
distribution function is (2)=0.9772). Ans. 0.0228.
Amanutacturer produces airmail envelopes, whose weight is normal with mean u 1.95 gm and
standard deviationo 0.05 gm. The envelopes are sold in lots of 1000. How many
envelopes in a
it willbe heavier than 2 gm? Use the fact that dx = 0.3413 Ans. 159

of.
Ihe mean height S00 students is 1SI cm and the standard deviation is I5 cm. Assuming that the
heights are normally distributed, find how many students, height lie between 120 and 155 cm.
Ans. 294

large number of measurements is normally distributed with a nean of 65.5" and S.D. of 6.2". Find
9. A fall between 54.8" and 68.8" Ans. 66.01%
the percentage of measurements that
1 1
density function f(x)= her Ans.
Find the mean and variance of the
with mean 1and variance 4.
1 Ifx is normally distributed
() Find Pr(-3sxs3): Ans. () 0.8185, (ii) 3.56
(i) Obtain kif Pr (r sk) =
0.90
land variance 4. Find the probability thatx> 3. (Given: z is the standard
Anormal variable x has mean Ans. 0.1587
12
=0.5, (0.5) = 0.6915, (1) = 0.8413, ¢ (1.5) =0.9332)
normal variable ando (0)
with mean 4 and variance 9; find
13. (a) lfx is normally distributed
Obtain k if Pr(xsk)= 0.9.
(i)Pr (2.55 Srs5.5). (i) Ans. (i) 0.382, (i1)7.9.
13) =0.90.
Use Pr (zs.5) = 0.691 and Pr (zs
given that
variance 4, find
log,r is normally disributed with mean I and Ans. 0.24.
(b) If
log,(2)=0.693. Ans. 0.2642
z P(-0.72sz s 0) =...
(c) For astandard normal variate =
Find a number
2and variance V(r) =4. distribution
distributed with E(r)
is normally [The values of the standard
normal
IH. The random variable x >p) = 2P (r Sp). Ans. 1.13834
P(approximately), such that P (
(-0.44) = 0.3300].
re o(-0.43) = 0.3336, and o .0.062
Ans.
e 5V2r
IfX- N(10, 4) find Pr |A25]. IfY= r +d
distributed with E(r) = uand V'(r) = . Ans. - !
normaly
15. The continuous random variable x is
then find V(). E0)
Pr[X>
16. The pdf of Xis given by f(X) = der 0, 2 0. Calculate
e ' s r 00.062
1X N(75, 25). find Pr |X>80/A> 77| Ans.

Ifx- NI0, 4) find Pr |A S]

2|| - (k))
distribution o. Prove : Pr(l;!>A) -
11, Arandom variable x has a standard nornal srs2
18, The lunction/(r) kr if0
random variable xhas the probability density - 0.95 1.949
Find k. Find xsuch that (i) Pr sx) = 0.1 (ii) Pr Asr) Ans, k = ()x =0.632, (i) =
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show that ut1,=0
and ,, (2n-l) o u2:
19. For a normal curve, machine tool is a normally
manufactured on an automatic distributed
The length of an item
20.
M []=10 and
u?= Find the probability of defective random
variable with parameters

In abalance
the is 10 +0.05.
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examination,the average grade was 82 and the standard deviation was S. AIl he
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21.
students with grades from 88 to 94 received a grade B. Ifthe grades are normally diistributed and
examination, Given
received a grade,
B find how many students took the
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2.00 2.40 2.45

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0.3849 0.4772 0.4918 0.4929 Ans. 75 students

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characteristics and importance of a normal distribution.

22. The lifethe
Explain time of acertain component has a mean life of 400 hours and standardI deviationcof 50 hours.
life time of 1000 components, determine approximately the
23.
Assuming normal distribution for the 340 to 465 hours. You may use the fal
whose life time lies between
number of components
data Where symbols have their usual meanings.
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24. For standard normal variate mean u. is
(d) none of the above Ans. (b)
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 6

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mean of the marks obtained by the students is 50 and the variance is 25. If a student gets
(a) The
60 marks, his standard score is
1 standard deviation is...
(b) 1ff)=27 e2> then itS mean 1IS ...... and

z =| is nearly..
(c) In the standard normal curve the area between z =-l and
(d) If o =2, 7=5, the equation of normal distribution is.......
75 and variance 100. The perce
(e) The marks obtained were found normally distributed with mean
of students who scored more than 75 marks is
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(8) Exponential distribution f() is defined by f(x) = ae, 0 <x<«, then a =
(h) The probability density function of Beta distribution with a = 1,ß = 4 is f(*)=
() For a standard normal variate zP (-0.72 <zs0)=
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