Practice Set Module II
Practice Set Module II
3. The mean of a normal distribution is 50 and 5% of the values are greater than
60. Find the standard deviation of the distribution ( given that the area under standard
normal curve between z=0 and z=1.64 is 0.45).
4. In a normal distribution 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are above 64. Find the
mean and standard deviation. (Given 𝑃(0 < 𝑍 < 1.405) = 0.42, 𝑃(−0.496 < 𝑍 <
0) = 0.19.
5. The weight of students in a college is normally distributed with mean m=40kg,
standard deviation 𝜎 = 5kg. Find the percentage of the students that have weight (a)
2 𝑡2
1
greater than 50kg (b) less than 52kg machine (Given that ∫ 𝑒
√2𝜋 −∞
−
2 𝑑𝑡 =
2.4 − 𝑡2
1
0.9772, ∫ 𝑒 2 𝑑𝑡 = 0.9918 )
√2𝜋 −∞
6. The I.Q. of students of a class is normally distributed with parameter mean (m)=90
and standard deviation 𝜎 =20. If the total number of students in the class is 500, then
2
1 ∞ −𝑡
find the number of students who have I.Q≥ 100. (Given that ∫ 𝑒 2 𝑑𝑡 =
√2𝜋 0.5
0.308 )
7. The distribution of height of men is normally distributed with mean 64.5’’ and
standard deviation 4.5’’. Among 10,000 men find the number of men whose height is
(a) less than 69’’ but greater than 55.5’’ (b) less than 55.5’’. [Given that
2 2
1 1 −𝑡 1 2 −𝑡
∫ 𝑒 2 𝑑𝑡 = 0.0398, ∫ 𝑒 2 𝑑𝑡 = 0.4772 )
√2𝜋 0 √2𝜋 0
8. A random variable X is exponential distribution with probability density function
𝑥
1 − , 𝑥>0
𝑓(𝑥) = {40 𝑒
40 ,
Find (a) 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 20) (b) 𝑃(32 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 48)
0, 𝑥≤0
9. The mileage that car owners get with a certain kind of radial tire is a random variable
having an exponential distribution with a mean 40000 𝑘𝑚. Find the probabilities that
one of these tires will last (i) at least 20000 𝑘𝑚 and (ii) at most 30000 𝑘𝑚.
10. Let the length of a phone call (in minutes) is exponentially distributed with mean 10.
If someone arrived immediately ahead of you at a telephone booth, fine the
probability that you will have to wait for (a) more than 10 minutes (b) between 10
and 20 minutes
11. Let the kilometers that a car can run before its battery wears out is exponentially
distributed with mean 10,000 km. If a person desires to take a 5000 km trip, what is
the probability that he will be able to complete the trip without having to replace the
car battery?
12. If X has an exponential distribution with parameter 𝜆 (>0) then prove the Variance of
1 1
X is 𝜆2 , where mean of exponential distribution is 𝜆.
13. If X has a Gamma distribution with parameter l and 𝜆, then find its mean and
standard deviation. Also find the moment generating function of X.
14. In a town , the daily consumption of electric power (in millions kw) is a random
variable having gamma distribution with mean 6 and standard deviation 2√3. If the
power plant of the town has a daily capacity of 12 millions kw, what is the probability
that this power supply will be inadequate on any given day? For how many days the
town would be reeled under load shedding in a year (=365 days)
1. Let X and Y be two discrete random variables with joint probability mass function
given as follows
Y 0 1 2
X
1 0.05 0.05 0.25
2 0.15 0.10 0.15
3 0.10 0.05 0.10
3. Let X and Y be two discrete random variables with joint probability mass function
given as follows
0 1 2
Y
X
0 0.1 0.4 0.1
1 0.2 0.2 0
(a) Find marginal probability mass function of X and Y.
(b) Also check X and Y are independent or not. (c) Find P(𝑋 + 𝑌 ≥ 2)