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Academic Year : 2024-2025

Programme : BE
Year/Semester/Section : II / III / CSE
Course Code/ Name : BCS301/ Mathematics for computer science

Faculty Name : Mrs.Rekha Moolya

MODULE - 1: Probability Distributions

Probability Distributions: Review of basic probability theory. Random variables
(discrete
and continuous), probability mass and density functions. Mathematical
expectation, mean and
variance. Binomial, Poisson and normal distributions- problems (derivations for
mean and
standard deviation for Binomial and Poisson distributions only)-Illustrative
examples.

Exponential distribution.
CO At the end of the course, the student will be able to explain the basic
1,CO2 concepts of probability, random variables, probability distribution and
apply suitable probability distribution models for the given scenario
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If the mileage (in thousands of miles) of a certain radial tyre is a
random variable with exponential distribution with mean 40,000
1. miles. Determine the probability that the tyre will last 7 CO 1 L3
i. At least 20,000 km
ii. At most 30,000 km
A shipment of 8 similar microcomputers to a retail outlet contains
3 that are defective. If a school makes a random purchase of 2 of
2. 7 CO 1 L2
these computers, find the probability distribution for the number
of defectives. Find the mean and variance of this distribution.
3. In a factory producing blades, the probability of any blade being 7 CO 1 L2
defective is 0.002. If blades are supplied in packets of 10, Using
Poisson distribution determine the number of packets containing
 i. No defective
ii. One defective and
iii. Two defective blades respectively in a consignment of 10000
packets .

𝑓(𝑥)={𝑘√𝑥, 0<𝑥<10, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒,

The density function of a random variable X is given by
4. 7 CO 1 L2
ii. Find the cdf F(x) and use it to evaluate 𝑃[0.3<𝑋<0.6]
i. Find k

5. Find the mean and variance of Binomial distribution 6 CO 1 L2

In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life of a
particular make , was normally distributed with an average life
2040 hours and standard deviation of 60 hours. Estimate the
6. number of bulbs likely to burn for 7 CO 1 L3
i. More than 2150 hours
ii. Less than 1950 hours
iii. In between 1920 and 2160 hours
A random variable X has the following probability function for
various values of x

(ii) Evaluate 𝑃[𝑋<6] ,𝑃[0<𝑋<5],𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃[𝑋≥6]

(i) Find the value of k
7. 7 CO 1 L2

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X) 0 K 2K 2K 3K
2 7 +K
8. Find the mean and variance of Poisson distribution 6 CO 1 L2
In a certain town the duration of a shower is exponentially
distributed with mean 5 minutes. What is the probability that a
9. shower will last for? 7 CO 1 L3
(i) 10 minutes or more (ii) less than 10 minutes (iii) between 10
and 12 minutes

𝑓(𝑥)=𝑘(𝑥2+4),𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥=0,1,2,3
Determine the value k, so that the function

10. can serve as a probability distribution of the discrete random 7 CO 1 L2

Also, find (i) P[0<𝑋≤2] & (ii) P[X≥1]

variable X:

Out of 800 families with 5 children each, how many would you

(i) 3 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠
expect to have
11. 7 CO 1 L3
(ii) At least one boy
(iii) At most two boys, assuming equal probabilities for boys and
girls
In a normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are
12. 7 CO 1 L3
over 64. Find the mean and Variance of the distribution
The probability that a pen manufactured by a factory be defective is 1/10. If
13. 12 such pens are manufactured, what is the probability that i) exactly 2 are 7 CO 1 L2
defective ii) atleast 2 are defective iii) none of them are defective
When a coin is tossed 4 times, find the probability of getting i) exactly one
14. head ii) atmost 3 heads iii) atleast 2 heads.
7 CO 1 L3
In a quiz contest of answering ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ what is the probability of L3
15. guessing at least 6 answers correctly out of 10 questions asked? Also find the 7 CO 1
probability of the same if there are 4 options for a correct answer.
In a certain town the duration of a shower is exponentially distributed with L3
16. mean 5 minutes. What is the probability that a shower will last for (i) 10 7 CO 1
minutes or more (ii) less than 10 minutes (iii) between 10 and 12 minutes
 L3
Find the value of k such that
17. 6 CO 1
also find , , mean and variance
L3
Find the value of k such that
18. 6 CO 1
also find the mean.
The marks of 1000 students in an examination follow Normal distribution L3
19. with mean 70 and S.D. 5. Find the number of students whose marks will be(i) 7 CO 1
less than 65 (ii) more than 75 (iii) between 65 and 75
In a Normal distribution 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% of the items
20. are over 64. Find the mean and S.D. of the distribution.
7 CO 1 L3
If x is a normal variate with mean 30 and S.D. 5, find the probability that (i) L3
21. 7 CO 1
ii) .

MODULE – 2 Joint probability distribution & Markov Chain

Joint probability distribution: Joint Probability distribution for two discrete
random
variables, expectation, covariance and correlation.
Markov Chain: Introduction to Stochastic Process, Probability Vectors, Stochastic
matrices,
Regular stochastic matrices, Markov chains, Higher transition probabilities,
Stationary

distribution of Regular Markov chains and absorbing states

CO 3 At the end of the course, the student will be able to Apply the notion of a
discrete-time Markov chain and n-step transition probabilities to
solve the given problem
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The joint probability distribution of two random variables X and Y is L3
given in the table.
Find the marginal distributions. Obtain the correlation coefficient
1. between X and Y 7 CO 2
X/Y -4 2 7
1 1/8 1/4 1/8
5 1/4 1/8 1/8
Find the unique fixed probability vector of L3

2. 7 CO 2
P=

3. Every year, a man trades his car for a new car. If he has a Maruti, he 7 CO 2 L3
trades it for an Ambassador. If he has an Ambassador, he trades it for
Santro. However, if he had a Santro, he is just as likely to trade it for a
 new Santro as to trade it for a Maruti or an Ambassador. In 2000 he
bought his first car which was a Santro. Find the probability that he has
i. 2002 Santro
ii. 2002 Maruti
iii. 2003 Ambassador
iv. 2003 Santro
The joint probability distribution of two random variables X and Y is L3
given in the table .Find

ii. Evaluate 𝑃[𝑌≤2]

i. Are X and Y independent?

iii. Evaluate 𝑃[𝑋+𝑌≤2]

4. 7 CO 2
X/Y -3 2 4
1 0.1 0.2 0.2
3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Define Probability Vectors, Stochastic matrices, Regular stochastic L3
5. 6 CO 2
matrix, stationary distribution and absorbing state of Markov chain.
A salesman’s territory consists of 3 cities A, B and C. He never sells in L3
the same city on successive days. If he sells in city A, then the next day
6. he sells in city B. However, if he sells in either B or C, then the next day 7 CO 2
he is twice as likely to sell in city A as in other city. In long run, how
often does he sell in each of the cities.

𝑓(𝑥,𝑦)=𝑥+𝑦/30 ,𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥=0,1,2,3;𝑦=0,1,2

If the joint probability distribution of X and Y is given by L3

Find (i) 𝑃[𝑋≤2,𝑌=1], (ii) 𝑃[𝑋>2,𝑌≤1] (iii) P[X >𝑌]

7. 7 CO 2

Find the unique fixed probability vector for the regular stochastic matrix L3

8. 7 CO 2
P=

A gambler’s luck follows’ a pattern. If he wins a game the Probability of L3

winning the next game is 0.6. However, if he loses a game, the
probability of losing the next game is 0.7. There is an even chance of the
9. gambler winning the first game. 7 CO 2
(i) What is the probability of he winning the second game?
(ii) What is the probability of he winning the third game?
(iii) In the long run, how often he will win?

𝑓(𝑥,𝑦)=𝑘|𝑥−𝑦|,𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥=−2,0,2;𝑦=−2,3 represents joint probability

Determine the value of k so that the function L3
10. 7 CO 2
𝐶𝑜𝑣( 𝑋,𝑌).
distribution of the random variables X and Y. Also determine

Show that the matrix L3

11. 6 CO 2
P= is a regular stochastic matrix

Three boys A, B and C are throwing a ball to each other. A is just as L3

likely to throw the ball to B as to C. B always throws the ball to A, and C
12. 7 CO 2
is just as likely to throw the ball to A as to B. Find the probability that C
has the ball after three throws if now A has the ball
13. X and Y are independent random variables. X take values 2,5,7 with probability 7 CO 2 L3
½,1/4,1/4 resply.Y take value 3,4,5 with probability 1/3,1/3,1/3.
(i)Find the joint probability distribution of X and Y.
(ii)Show that the covariance of X and Y is equal to zero
 (iii)Find the probability distribution of Z=X+Y.
Given the following joint distribution of the random variables X and L3
Y,find the corresponding marginal distribution and also compute the
covariance and the correlation of the random variable X and Y.
16. X/Y 1 3 4 7 CO 2
2 1/8 1/24 1/12
4 1/4 1/4 0
6 1/8 1/24 1/12

by f(x,y)=k(2x+y) where x and y are integers such that0 ≤x≤2,0≤y≤3

The joint probability distribution of two discrete random variables X and Y is given L3

(i)Find the value of the constant k

(ii)Find the marginal probability distribution of X and Y
(iii)Show that the random variables X and Y are
dependent
17. 7 CO 2

(iv)Find P(x=1,y=2) P(x=2,y=1) and P(x

1,y≤2),P(x+y)>2.

MODULE - 3: Statistical Inference 1

Introduction, sampling distribution, standard error, testing of hypothesis, levels of
significance,
test of significances, confidence limits, simple sampling of attributes, test of
significance for

large samples, comparison of large samples

CO 4, At the end of the course, the student will be able to Use statistical
methodology and tools in the engineering problem-solving process and
Compute the confidence intervals for the mean of the population
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Define Null hypothesis, significance level, critical region, Type-I and L3
1. 6 CO 3
type-II errors in a statistical test
A coin was tossed 400 times and head turned up 216 times. Test the CO 3 L3
2. 7
hypothesis that the coin is un biased at 5% level of significance
In a city A 20 % of a random sample of 900 school boys had a certain CO 3 L3
slight physical defect. In another city B, 18.5% of a random sample of
3. 7
1600 school boys had the same defect. Is the difference between the
proportions significant at 5% significance level
Explain the following terms CO 3 L3
i. Standard error
4. ii. Statistical hypothesis 6
iii. Critical region of a statistical test
iv. Test of significance
 A die was thrown 9000 times and a throw of 5 or 6 was obtained 3240 CO 3 L3
5. times. On the assumption of random throwing, do the data indicate an 7
unbiased die at 1% level of significance.?
In a sample of 600 men from a certain city, 450 are found smokers. In CO 3 L3
another sample of 900 men from another city, 450 are smokers. Do the
6. 7
indicate that the cities are significantly different with respect to the
habit of smoking among men. Test at 5% significance level
Explain the following terms CO 3 L3
(i) Standard error
7. (ii) Statistical hypothesis 6
(iii) Critical region of a statistical test
(iv) Test of significance
In 324 throws of a six faced die, an odd number turned up 181 times. Is CO 3 L3
8. it reasonable to think that the die is unbiased one at 5% level of 7
significance?
In an examination given to students at a large number of different CO 3 L3
schools the mean grade was 74.5 and S.D grade was 8. At one
9. particular school where 200 students took the examination the mean 7
grade was 75.9. Discuss the significance of this result at both 5% and
1% level of significance.
Define (i) Alternative hypothesis (ii) A statistic (iii) Level of CO 3 L3
10. 6
significance and (iv) Two-tailed test
A coin is tossed 1000 times and head turns up 540 times. Decide on the CO 3 L3
11. hypothesis that the coin is unbiased at 1% level of significance. 7

One type of air craft is found to develop engine trouble in 5 flights out CO 3 L3
of a total of 100 and another type in 7 flights out of a total of 200
12. 7
flights. Is there a significance difference in the two types of air craft’s
so far as engine defects are concerned? Test at 5% significance level.
A population consist of five numbers 2, 3, 6, 8, 11. Consider all possible samples CO 3 L3
of size 2 which can be drawn with replacement from this population. Find (a) the
13. mean and S.D. of the population. (b) the mean and S.D of the sampling 7
distribution of means. (c) considering samples without replacement find the mean
and S.D of the sampling distribution of means.
Certain tubes manufactured by a company have mean life time of 800 hours & CO 3 L3
S.D. of 60 hours. Find the probability that a random sample of 16 tubes taken
from the group will have a mean life time
14. i) Between 790 & 810 hours. 7
ii) Less than 785 hours.
iii) More than 820 hours.
iv) Between 770 & 830 horse
A survey was conducted in a slum locality of 2000 families by selecting a sample CO 3 L3
15. of size 800. It was revealed that 180 families were illiterates. Find the probable 7
limits of the illiterate families in the population of 2000.
In a hospital 230 females and 270 males were born in a year. Do these figures CO 3 L3
16. 7
confirm the hypothesis that sexes are in equal proportions?
The mean & S.D. of the maximum loads supported by 60 cables are 11.09 tonnes CO 3 L3
17. and 0.73 tonnes respectively. Find (a) 95% (b) 99% confidence limits for mean of 7
the maximum loads of all cables produced by the company.
An unbiased coin is thrown n times. It is desired that the relative frequency of the CO 3 L3
18. appearance of heads should lie between 0.49 and 0.51. find the smallest value of n 7
that will ensure this result with (a) 95% confidence (b) 90% confidence.
A manufacturer claimed that atleast 95% of the equipment which he supplied to a CO 3 L3
factory conformed to specifications. An examination of a sample of 200 pieces of
19. 7
equipment revealed that 18 of them were faulty. Test his claim at a significance
level of 1% and 5%.
20. Random sample of 1000 engineering students from a city A and 800 from city B 7 CO 3 L3
 were taken. It was found that 400 students in each of the sample were from
payment quota. Does the data reveal a significant difference between the two
cities in respect of payment quota students?
MODULE - 4: Statistical Inference 2
Sampling variables, central limit theorem and confidences limit for unknown
mean. Test of
Significance for means of two small samples, students ‘t’ distribution, Chi-square
distribution

as a test of goodness of fit. F-Distribution.

CO 5 Compute the confidence intervals for the mean of the population

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𝑃[50<𝑋̅<56] where 𝑋̅ represents the mean of a random sample of

State Central limit theorem. Use the theorem to evaluate L3

size 100 from an infinite population with mean 𝜇=53 and variance
𝜎2=400
A random sample of size 25 from a normal distribution 𝑁( 𝜇,𝜎2=4 )
1. 7 CO 4

yields, sample mean 𝑋̅=78.3 . Obtain a 99% confidence interval for

𝜇.
A survey of 320 families with 5 children each revealed the following CO 4 L3
distribution
No. of 5 4 3 2 1 0
boys
No. of 0 1 2 3 4 5
2. girls 7
No. of 14 56 110 88 40 12
familie
s
Is the result consistent with the hypothesis that male and female births
are equally probable at 5% level of significance

A random sample of size 64 is taken from an infinite population having CO 4 L3

probability of getting the sample mean 𝑋̅ greater than 114.5

3. mean 112 and variance 144. Using central limit theorem, find the 7

Let the observed value of the mean 𝑋̅ of a random sample of size 20

from a normal distribution with 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝜇 and variance 𝜎2=80 be
CO 4 L3

81.2. Find a 90% and a 95% confidence intervals for 𝜇.

4. 7

The nine items of a sample have the following values: 45, 47, 50, 52, CO 4 L3
5. 48, 47, 49, 53, 51. Does the mean of these differ significantly from the 7
assumed mean of 47.5 at 5% significance level?

15. Samples of size 𝑛 = 25 are drawn randomly from the population.

An unknown distribution has a mean of 90 and a standard deviation of CO 4 L3
6. 7
Find the probability that the sample mean is between 85 and 92.
7. The heights of a random sample of 50 college students showed a mean 7 CO 4 L3
 of 174.5 centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters.
Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean height of all college
students.
In a recent study reported on the Flurry Blog, the mean age of tablet CO 4 L3

sample of size 𝑛 = 100.

users is 34 years. Suppose the standard deviation is 15 years. Take a
8. 7
Using central limit theorem, find the probability that the sample mean
age is more than 30 years.
Suppose that 10, 12, 16, 19 is a sample taken from a normal population CO 4 L3
9. with variance 6.25. Find a 95 percent confidence interval for the 7
population mean.
A random sample of 10 boys had the following I.Q.: CO 4 L3
70, 120, 110, 101, 88, 83, 95, 98, 107, 100.
10. 7
Do these data support the assumption of a population mean I.Q. of
100 (at 5% level of significance)?
A die was thrown 60 times and the following frequency distribution CO 4 L3
was observed
Faces 1 2 3 4 5 6
Freque 15 6 4 7 11 17
11. ncy 7

Test whether the die is unbiased at 5% significance level.

A group of 10 boys fed on a diet A and another group of 8 boys fed on a CO 4 L3

different diet B for a period of 6 months recorded the following increase
in weighs(lbs)
Diet 5 6 8 1 12 4 3 9 6 1
12. A 0

Diet 2 3 6 8 10 1 2 8
B

Two horses A and B were tested according to the time (in seconds) to run CO 4 L3
a particular race with the following results.

Horse A 2 3 32 33 33 2 34
13. 8 0 9 7

Horse B 2 3 30 24 27 2
9 0 9

A die is thrown 264 times and the number appearing on the face (x) follows the CO 4 L3
following frequency distribution. Calculate the value of .

14. x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f 40 32 28 58 54 60

15. Five dice were thrown 96 times and the numbers 1, 2, or 3 appearing on the face 7 CO 4 L3
of the dice follows the frequency distribution as bellow. Test the hypothesis that
the data follows a binomial distribution.
 No. of dice 5 4 3 2 1 0
showing 1,2 or 3

Frequency 7 19 35 24 8 3

Fit a Poisson distribution for the following data and test the goodness of fit given CO 4 L3
that

16. x 0 1 2 3 4
7

f 122 60 15 2 1

Fit a Poisson distribution for the following data and test the goodness of fit given CO 4 L3
that

17. x 0 1 2 3 4
7

f 419 352 154 56 19

MODULE - 5: Design of Experiments & ANOVA

Principles of experimentation in design, Analysis of completely randomized
design,
randomized block design. The ANOVA Technique, Basic Principle of ANOVA, One-
way

ANOVA, Two-way ANOVA, Latin-square Design, and Analysis of Co-Variance.

CO 5 At the end of the course, the student will be able to apply the ANOVA test
related to engineering problems
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Three different kinds of food are tested on three groups of rats for 5 L3
weeks. The objective is to check the difference in mean weight (in
grams) of the rats per week. Apply one-way ANOVA using a 0.05
1. significance level to the following data: 10 CO 5
Food1 8 12 19 8 6 11
Food2 4 5 4 6 9 7
Food3 11 8 7 13 7 9
2. Analyze and interpret the following statistics concerning output of 10 CO 5 L3
wheat per field obtained as a result of experiment conducted to test
four varieties of wheat viz. A, B, C and D under a Latin- square
design
C B A D
25 23 20 20
A D C B
19 19 21 18
B A D C
19 14 17 20
 D C B A
17 20 21 15
Set up an analysis of variance table for the following per acre L3
production data for three varieties of wheat, each grown on 4 plots
and state it the variety differences are significant at 5% significant
level
Per acre production data

Plot of Variety of wheat

land
3. A B C 10 CO 5
1 6 5 5

2 7 5 4

3 3 3 3

4 8 7 4

Three types of fertilizers are used on three groups of plants for 5 L3

weeks. We want to check if there is a difference in the mean growth
of each group. Using the data given below apply a one-way
ANOVA test at 0.05 significant level
4. Fertilize 6 8 4 5 3 4 10 CO 5
r-1
Fertilize 8 12 9 11 6 8
r-2
Fertilize 13 9 11 8 7 12
r-2
Set up ANOVA table for the following information relating to three L3
drugs testing to judge the effectiveness in reducing blood pressure for
three different groups of people
Do the drugs act differently?
Are the different groups of people affected differently?
Is the interaction term significant?
Answer the above questions taking a significant level of 5%
5. 10 CO 5
Group of people Drug
X Y Z
A 14 10 11
15 9 11
B 12 7 10
11 8 11
C 10 11 8
11 11 7
6. Present your conclusions after doing analysis of variance to the 10 CO 5 L3
following results of the Latin-square design experiment conducted
in respect of five fertilizers which were used on plots of different
fertility
A B C D E
16 10 11 9 9
E C A B D
10 9 14 12 11
B D E C A
15 8 8 10 18
 D E B A C
12 6 13 13 12
C A D E B
13 11 10 7 14
A trial was run to check the effects of different diets. Positive L3
numbers indicate weight loss and negative numbers indicate weight
gain. Check if there is an average difference in the weight of people
following different diets using an ANOVA Table.
Low Fat Low Low Low
7. Calorie Protien Carbohydr 10 CO 5
ate
8 2 3 2
9 4 5 2
6 3 4 -1
7 5 2 0
3 1 3 3
The following data show the number of worms quarantined from the L3
GI areas of four groups of muskrats in a carbon tetrachloride
anthelmintic study. Conduct a two-way ANOVA test.
I II III IV
8. 33 41 12 38 10 CO 5
32 38 35 43
26 40 46 25
14 23 22 13
30 21 11 26
Three varieties of coal were analysed by four chemists and the ash- L3
content in the varieties was found to be as under
Varities Chemists
9. A 8 5 5 7 10 CO 5
B 7 6 4 4
C 3 6 5 4
Carry out the analysis of Variance.
Perform ANOVA and test at 0.05 level of significant whether these L3
are differences in the detergent or in the engines for the following
data

Engine
Detergent
I II III
10. 10 CO 5
A 45 43 51

B 47 46 52

C 48 50 55

D 42 37 49

Set an analysis of Variance table for the following data

A 6 7 3 8
11. 10 CO 5 L3
B 5 5 3 7
C 5 4 3 4

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(Name of Faculty / Designation / Dept.) (HOD – DEPT)