1/15/2011 Probability Final Exam Questions 1) (IS points) From past experience a producer knows that the number of a certain type of electronic gadgets produced in factory is a random variable with mean 75. (a) Give an upper bound for the probability that today’s production will exceed 85. Suppose, in addition, we know that the variance of the produced items is equal to 25. () What can be said about the probability that the number of the produced items will be between 65 and 85 2) 25 points) Student scores on exams given by a certain instructor have mean 74 and standard deviation 14. This instructor is about to give two exams, one to a class of size 25 and the other to a class of size 64. (a) Approximate the probability that the average test score in the class of 25 exceeds 80, (b) Repeat part (a) for the class of size 64. (©) Approximate the probability that the average test score in the larger class exceed s that of the other class by over 2.2 points. 3) (20 points) Let X be a uniform random variable over (0,1) and Y be a uniform random variable over (2,4). Find and sketch the probability density function of Z=X+-Y.. Then verify that it is a proper pdf. 4) (25 points) A pair of coins is tossed three times. If the probability of heads for each coin is 0.50, (a) what is the expected number of trials on which both coins are heads? (b) What is the probability that one trial results in no heads, one trial in one heads, and one trial in two. heads? (©) What if the probability of heads of the two coins is each 0.70 in part (a)? 5) (15 points) U. 8, Bureau of the Census data shows that the percentage of children not covered by health insurance in the 36 states and the District of Columbia, in 1999, were as follows: 11 16 22 18 16 97 17 16 13 11 20 1296 12 1425 7 109 107 165 19 9226 10 28 12 109 1713 (a) Find the mean, (b) find the median, (©) find the mode, (d) find the standard deviation.SBARILITY FAL SHAN a QS LU MEAL A) (4) ryan} s SEP = Bt om seo be 85 A If Ge bnew verence eae kN wily mean=O th) 654 xe 854 4— #3 4x- 3 Ue eae = 2ao0%= PF V-34 5 au in 4 wv a je tf arsaay x pnos (> Why yy , «) Di R= (Mibu s bs = 392 Rage P2213. = 9270 aa} 2.2514we sy) at ‘| : | > . L ; ° tow c : BL MY ftelz | fo) flog) de = (fy) gternrda = (Oa sy) ) a 2 £6) yi | a + a = aa ek . & 2 er ¢ +75