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SATHYABAMA
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Deemed to be University U/S 3 of UGC Act,1956)

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Title of the Paper : Probability and Statistics Max. Marks: 100
Course Code : SMTA1402 (2019/2020/2021) Time : 3 Hours
Date : 06-05-2023 Session : FN
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(NOTE: Assume relevant data, if found missing)

PART - A (10 × 2 = 20)

Answer ALL the Questions

1. A lot of integrated circuit chips consists of 10 good, 4 with minor

defects and 2 with major defects. Two chips are randomly chosen
from the lot. What is the probability that at least one ship is
good? (CO1)

2. I P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.7 and P(A  B) = 0.3, find the probability
that neither A nor B occurs. (CO1)

3. A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered

as a success, find the probability of 2 successes. (CO2)

4. X is uniformly distributed with mean 1 and variance (4/3), find

P(X < 0). (CO2)

5. If two random variables X and Y have probability function

(p.d.f) f(x, y) = ke -(2 x +y) for x, y > 0, find k. (CO3)
6. For the following bivariate probability distribution of X and Y,
find P (Y = 3). (CO3)
Y 1 2 3 4
X
1 0.1 0 0.2 0.1
2 0.05 0.12 0.08 0.01
3 0.1 0.05 0.1 0.09

7. The two equations of the variables X and Y are x = 19.13 – 0.87y

and y = 11.64 – 0.50x. Find the correlation coefficient between X
and Y. (CO4)

8. If y = 2x + 5 is the best fit for 8 pairs of values of (x, y) by the

method of least squares, and y = 120, then find x. (CO4)

9. What are the assumptions involved in ANOVA? (CO5)

10. The total number of defects in 15 pieces of cloth of equal length

is 90. Find the values of UCL and LCL for C chart. (CO5)
PART - B (5 × 16 = 80)
Answer ALL the Questions
11. (a) A bag contains 5 red and 3 green balls and a second bag 4 red
and 5 green balls. One of the bags is selected at random and a
draw of 2 balls is made from it. What is the probability that one
of them is red and the other is green? (CO1)
(b) In a random variable X having the probability density
 x
2

, −1  x  2
function f ( x ) =  3
 0, else where
(i) Verify  f ( x )dx = 1


−

(ii) Find P(0 < X < 1)

(iii) Find cumulative distribution function F(x).
(or)
12. (a) A company has two plants to manufacture scooters. Plant I
manufacture 70 percent of the scooters and plant II manufactures
30 percent. At plant I, 80 out of 100 scooters are rated standard
quality and at plant II, only 90 out of 100 scooters are rated
standard quality. A scooter is picked up random and is found to
be of standard quality. What is the chance that it has come from
plant I, or plant II?

(b) Let X be a random variable such that P(X = -2) = P(X = -1) =
P(X = 1) = P(X = 2) and P(X < 0) = P(X = 0) = P(X > 0).
Determine the probability mass function and the distribution
function of X. (CO1)

13. (a) Messages arrive at a switch board I a Poisson manner a an

average rate of six per hour. Find the probability for each of the
following events.
(i) Exactly two messages arrive within one hour.
(ii) No message arrives within one hour
(iii) At least three messages arrive within one hour.

(b) The time in hours required to repair a machine is

1
exponentially distributed with parameter  =
2
(i) What is the probability that the repair time exceeds 2h,
(ii) What is the conditional probability that a repair takes atleast
10h given that its duration exceeds 9h? (CO2)
(or)
14. (a) In a large consignment of electric bulbs 10% are defective. A
random sample of 20 is taken for inspection. Find the probability
that (i) All are good bulbs (ii) Atmost there are 3 defective bulbs
(iii) Exactly there are 3 defective bulbs.

(b) In a normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and

8% are over 64. Find the mean and variance of the distribution.
(CO2)
15. The two dimensional random variable (X, Y) has the joint
x + 2y
distribution f ( x, y ) = , x = 0, 1, 2; y = 0, 1, 2. Find the
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conditional distribution of Y given X = x. also find the
conditional distribution of X given Y = 1. (CO3)
(or)
16. If the joint pdf of a two dimensional random variable (X, Y) is
given by
 xy
2
x + , 0  x  1; 0  y  2
f ( x, y ) =  3
 0, elsewhere

Find (a) P(X > 1/2) (b) P(Y < 1/2/X < 1/2) (CO3)

17. (a) From the following data,

Marks in
25 28 35 32 31 36 29 38 34 32
Economics
Marks in
43 46 49 41 36 32 31 30 33 39
Statistics

Find (i) the two regression equations, (ii) the coefficient of

correlation between the marks in Economics and Statistics, (iii)
the most likely marks in Statistics when marks in Economics
are 30. (12)

(b) If P is the pull required to lift a load W by means of a pulley

block, find a linear law of the form P = mW + c connecting P and
W, using the following data:
P 12 15 21 25
W 50 70 100 120

Where P and W are taken in kg-wt. Compute P when W = 150kg.

(4) (CO4)
(or)
18. (a) The equations of two regression lines are given by 3x + 12y =
19 and 3y + 9x = 46. Find the mean values of x and y and the
correlation coefficient between X and Y.

(b) Fit a second degree parabola to the following data: (CO4)

x 0 1 2 3 4
y 1 1.8 1.3 2. 6.3

19. A completely randomized design experiment with 10 plots and 3

treatments gave the following results: (CO5)
Plot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Treatment A B C A C C A B A B
Yield 5 4 3 7 5 1 3 4 1 7
Analysis the results for treatment effects.
(or)
20. A tea company appoints four salesmen A, B, C and D and
observes their sales in three seasons – summer, winter and
monsoon. The figures (in lakhs) are given in the following table:
Seasons Salesmen Season’s Total
A B C C
Summer 36 36 21 35 128
Winter 28 29 31 32 120
Monsoon 26 28 29 29 112
Salesmen’s Total 90 93 81 96 360
(a) Do the salesmen significantly differ in performance?
(b) Is there significant difference between the seasons?
(CO6)