CHAPTER 4 SUPPLEMENT -- MINOR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE: APRIL 17, 2007

1. The manufacturer of QRZ Light Bulbs makes a bulb that has
a useful life that is exponential with a mean of 18 months. For
this bulb !etermine each of the following"
a. The probabilit# that an# gi$en bulb will operate for at least
% months.
b. The probabilit# that an# gi$en bulb will operate for at least
&' months.
c. The probabilit# that an# gi$en bulb will fail sooner than one
an! one(half #ears.
!. The probabilit# that an# gi$en bulb will fail prior to
)* months.
). +B, -ower Technologies makes a long(life !ispla# panel for laptop
computers. The mean expecte! life which is exponential is )
#ears. For this particular !ispla# !etermine the following"
a. The !ispla# panel.s reliabilit# for a &.' #ear perio!.
b. The !ispla# panel.s reliabilit# for a 1./ #ear perio!.
c. The non(reliabilit# of the !ispla# panel for a /./ #ear perio!.
!. The percentage of !ispla# panels that woul! nee! to be replace!
if the compan# ha! a % month uncon!itional guarantee for the
pro!uct.
&. The Regal ,omputer Batter# ,ompan# pro!uces batteries for
computers. These batteries can be mo!ele! b# a normal !istribution
that has a mean ser$ice life of ' #ears with a stan!ar! !e$iation
of .8 #ears. For this batter# !etermine"
a. The percentage of these batteries that woul! be expecte! to
fail before 0./ #ears.
b. The percentage of the batteries that woul! last at least *
#ears.
c. The reliabilit# of the batteries for a /.0 #ear perio!.
!. The non(reliabilit# of the batteries for a '.' #ear perio!.
e. The percentage of batteries lasting between 0.0 an! * #ears.
/. +ccor!ing to a ma1or auto manufacturer the life of its cars.
transmissions exhibits a normal !istribution of 0 #ears with a
stan!ar! !e$iation of ./ #ears.
a. The manufacturer offers a warrant# on all auto components for
/.8 #ears. 2hat percentage of the transmissions woul! be
replace! un!er the warrant#3
b. 2hat is the reliabilit# of the transmissions for the 0 #ear
perio!3
c. 2hat ser$ice perio! woul! result in an expecte! failure rate of
onl# 043
!. 2hat warrant# perio! woul! result in the manufacturer pa#ing
off 104 of the time3