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ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF APPLIED NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Probability and Statistics for Engineers (Math2105) Worksheet –2

1. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 13 and their geometric mean is 12.

Find a) the numbers b) the Hm.

2. The following table shows the distribution of marks of 100 students in a certain exam out of
50. The median and mode are given to be 25and 24 respectively. Calculate the missing
frequencies and then arithmetic mean of the data.

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50


Number of students 14 f1 27 f4 15

3. The mean weight of 150 students in a certain class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys is 70 kg
and that of girls is 55 kg. Find the number of boys and girls in the class.
4. The ratios of teachers to students in four colleges are 1:8, 2: 15, 1:10 and 2:21.
Find the average ratio of teachers to students.
5. If an instructor counts the final examination in a course four times as much as each 1-hour
examination, what is the weighted average grade of a student who received grades of 69, 75,
56, and 72 in four 1-hour examinations and a final examination grade of 78?
6. A machinery depreciates by 40% in the 1st year, 25% in the 2nd year, 15% in the 3rd year and
10% in the 4th year. What is the average rate of depreciation during the whole period?
7. A carpenter buys 500 Birr worth of nails at 50 Birr per kilogram and 500 Birr worth of nails

at 10 Birr per kilogram. Find the average cost of 1 kilogram of nails.

8. In a 400- meter athletic competition a participant covers the distance as given below. Find the
average speed.
Speed (Meters per second)
First 80 meters 10
Next 240 meters 7.5
Last 80 meters 10

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9. Following is the distribution of marks obtained by 500 students in statistics.
Marks more than 0 10 20 30 40 50
Number of students 500 460 400 200 100 30
a) Calculate the most suitable average
b) Obtain Q 1, Q3, D2, D7, P28, P40 and P80 and interpret the results.
10. The following data are the compressive strengths of samples, in newtons per square
millimeter, were obtained from test results on concrete cubes in England:

Compressive strength Number of concrete cubes


43.3 -- 45.8 3
45.9 – 48.4 5
48.5 – 51.00 13
51.1 – 53.6 11
53.7 – 56.2 6
56.3 – 58.8 120

Compute and interpret the following statistics.


a. the median b. the mode c. the standard deviation
11. The mean and standard deviation of a set of numbers are respectively 500 & 10.
a. If 10 is added to each of the numbers in the set, then what will be the mean, variance and
standard deviation of the new set?
b. If each of the numbers in the set are multiplied by -5, then what will be the mean, variance
and standard deviation of the new set?
12. The mean and standard deviation of a sample of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 12
respectively. On checking it was found that two observations were wrongly taken as 23 and 15
in place of 43 and 18. Calculate the correct mean and standard deviation.
13. The average number of days that construction workers miss per year is 11. The standard
deviation is 2.3. The average number of days that factory workers miss per year is 8 with a
standard deviation of 1.8. Which class is more variable in terms of days missed?

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14. A sample of 50 cars each of 2 makes X and Y is taken and average running life in years is
recorded.

Number of cars
Life(Number of years) Make X Make Y

0-5 8 6
5-10 12 10
10-15 17 20
15-20 10 12
20-25 3 2

a. Which of these two makes gives higher average life?


b. Compute the Q.D and coefficient of Q.D for each of the two makes.
c. Calculate mean deviation about mean, median and mode for each of the two makes.
d. Which of these makes shows greater consistency performance? Explain your answer.
15. In two factories A and B engaged in the same industry in an area, the average weekly wages in
Birr and the standard deviation are as follows:

Factory Average weekly wage S.D Number of wage earners


A 34.5 5.0 476
B 28.5 4.5 524

a. Which factory A or B pays out larger amount as weekly wages?


b. What is the average wages of all the workers in the two factories taken together?
c. What is the coefficient of variation in case of each factory separately? What inference do you
draw from a comparison of two figures?
16. Meteorologist is interested in the consistency of temperatures in three cities. During a given
week collected the following data. The temperatures for the five days of the week in the three
cities were
City 1: 25 24 23 26 17
City 2: 22 21 24 22 20
City 3: 32 27 35 24 28
Which city has the most consistent temperature, based on these data?

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17. Two groups of people were trained to perform a certain task and tested to find out which group is
faster to learn the task. For the two groups the following information was given.

Value Group one Group two

Mean 10.4 min 11.9 min

Stan. Dev. 1.2 min 1.3 min

a. Relatively speaking, which group is more consistent in its performance?


b. Suppose a person A from group one took 9.2 minutes while person B from group two took
9.3 minutes, who was faster in performing the task? Why?
18. The following table shows weekly payment given to 5 workers in two different firms on part time
bases.
Workers X Y Z U V
Firm A 47 49 50 51 53
Firm B 45 51 57 49 53
a. In which firm Mr. Y’s payment relatively better?
b. In which firm Mr. X’s payment relatively better?

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