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4.fall 2018 - Post-MID Assignment

The document is a post-mid assignment for a Probability and Statistics course in the Computer Science department, covering various problems related to continuous random variables and binomial distributions. It includes questions on density functions, probabilities of defective items, and statistical calculations involving means and variances. The assignment is designed for students in their third semester of the BS Computer Science program.

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4.fall 2018 - Post-MID Assignment

The document is a post-mid assignment for a Probability and Statistics course in the Computer Science department, covering various problems related to continuous random variables and binomial distributions. It includes questions on density functions, probabilities of defective items, and statistical calculations involving means and variances. The assignment is designed for students in their third semester of the BS Computer Science program.

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PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

Department: Computer Science


dd & Information Technology
BS Computer Sciemce
POST – MID ASSIGNMENT (FALL 2018)
Semester 3 (2017 – 21)

Q. 1 A continuous random variable x that can assume values between x = 1 and x = 4 has a
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density function f(x) = 3.
(i) Show that the area under the curve equal to 1. (ii) Find P(1.5 < x < 3)
Q. 2 A continuous random variable X having values only between x = 0 and x = 4 has a density
function given by

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f  x =  ax ; where “a” is a constant.
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Find (i) a (ii) P(1 < X < 2) (iii) P(2.25 < X < 3.5)

Q. 3 If X is a continuous r.v. with p.d.f. f(x) = kx2, 0 < x < 1, determine the value of k and find
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probability that <X< .
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Q. 4 If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability that out
of 4 bolts chosen at random (i) 0 (ii) 2 are defective.

Q. 5 In a binomial distribution with n = 5, what is the value of other parameter of the


binomial, if P(X = 0) = P(X = 1). Find its mean and variance.

Q. 6 If X is binomially distributed with n = 10 and p = 0.4 then find mean and variance of
X 10
Y= .
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Q. 7 Find the probability for each:

(i) P(0 < z < 2.32) (ii) P(z < 1.65) (iii) P(z > 19.1)
Q. 8 Each month, an American household generate and average of 28 pounds of newspaper for
garbage or recycling. Assuming the standard deviation is 2 pounds. If household is selected
at random, find the probability of its generating: (i) Less than 25 pounds per month (ii)
Between 27 and 31 pounds per month (iii) More than 30.2 pounds per month (iv) Between
20.5 and 25.2 pounds per month

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