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The document is a tutorial for MTH618 that covers various probability problems, including calculating probabilities of defective screws, tire longevity, and switch failures. It also includes exercises on probability distributions, such as graphing functions and finding probabilities related to left-handed and right-handed screws. Additionally, it explores probability functions and density functions with specific examples and calculations.

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Tutorial 3

The document is a tutorial for MTH618 that covers various probability problems, including calculating probabilities of defective screws, tire longevity, and switch failures. It also includes exercises on probability distributions, such as graphing functions and finding probabilities related to left-handed and right-handed screws. Additionally, it explores probability functions and density functions with specific examples and calculations.

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MTH618 Wk 4 Tutorial

Probability
1. Three screws are drawn at random from a lot of 100 screws, 10 of which are
defective. Find the probability of the event that all 3 screws drawn are non-
defective, assuming that we draw
(a) with replacement,
(b) without replacement.
2. In Problem 1 above, find the probability of obtaining at least 1 defective screw
(a) directly,
(b) by using complements.
3. If a box contains 10 left-handed and 20 right-handed screws, what is the probability
of obtaining at least one right-handed screw in drawing 2 screws with replacement?
4. If a certain kind of tire has a life exceeding 40, 000 miles with probability 0.90,
what is the probability that a set of these tires on a car will last longer than
40, 000 miles?
5. If a circuit contains four automatic switches and we want that, with a probability of
99%, during a given time interval the switches to be all working, what probability
of failure per time interval can we admit for a single switch?
6. A pressure control apparatus contains 3 electronic tubes. The apparatus will not
work unless all tubes are operative. If the probability of failure of each tube during
some interval of time is 0.04, what is the corresponding probability of failure of
the apparatus?

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Probability Distributions
1. Graph the probability function f (x) = kx2 for x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and constant k, and
the frequency distribution.
2. Graph the probability function f (x) = kx2 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 5 and constant k, and the
frequency distribution.
3. Graph f and F when the density of X is
(
k = const, −2 ≤ x ≤ 2
f (x) =
0, elsewhere.

Find P (0 ≤ X ≤ 2).
4. A box contains 4 right-handed and 6 left-handed screws. Two screws are drawn at
random without replacement. Let X be the number of left-handed screws drawn.
Find the probabilities

(a) P (X = 0),
(b) P (X = 1),
(c) P (X = 2),
(d) P (1 < X < 2),
(e) P (X ≤ 1),
(f) P (X ≥ 1),
(g) P (X > 1), and
(h) P (0.5 < X < 1)
5. Let X be the number of years before a certain kind of pump needs replacement.
Let X have the probability function

f (x) = kx3 , x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Find k. Sketch f and F .


6. Let X [millimeters] be the thickness of washers. Assume that X has the density
f (x) = kx if 0.9 < x < 1.1 and 0 otherwise. Find k. What is the probability that
a washer will have thickness between 0.95 mm and 1.05 mm?

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