ASSIGNMENT 4

Q.1) The actual amount of instant coffee that a filling machine puts into “4-ounces”
jars may be looked upon as a random variable having a normal distribution with
  0.04 ounces. If only 2% of the jars are to contain less than 4 ounces, what should be
the mean fill of these jars?
Q.2) The time for a super glue to set can be treated as a random variable having a
normal distribution with mean 40 seconds. Find its standard deviation if the probability is
0.16 that it will take on a value greater than 50 seconds?
Q.3) The time to microwave a bag of popcorn using the automatic setting can be
treated as a random variable having a normal distribution standard deviation 10 seconds.
If the probability is 0.8212 that the bag will take less than 282.5 seconds to pop, find the
probability
a. that it will take longer than 258.3 seconds to pop
b. that it will take less than 304.7 seconds to pop
Q.4) The time required to assemble a piece of machinery is a random variable having
approximately a normal distribution with   13.2 min utes   3.0 min utes . What are
the probabilities that the assembly of a piece of machinery of this kind will take
a. at least 11.1 minutes
b. anywhere from 10.35 to 16.05 minutes?
Q.5) In a photographic process, the developing time of prints may be looked upon as a
random variable having the normal distribution with a mean of 16.28 seconds and a
standard deviation of 0.12 seconds. Find the probability that it will take
a. anywhere from 16.00 to 16.50 seconds to develop one of the prints
b. at least 16.20 seconds to develop one of the prints
c. at most 16.35 seconds to develop one of the prints
d. for which value is the probability 0.95 that it will be exceed by the time it takes to
develop one of the prints?
Q.6) A stamping machine produces can tops whose diameters are normally distributed
with a standard deviation of 0.01 inch. At what “ normal” mean diameter should the
machine be set so that no more than 5% of the can tops produced have diameters
exceeding 3 inches?
Q.7) A market research firm hires operators to conduct telephone surveys. The
computer randomly dials a telephone number, and the operator asks the respondent
whether or not he has time to answer some questions. Let x be the number of telephone
calls made until the four respondents are willing to answer the operator’s questions.
a. Is this a binomial experiment? explain
b. Is this a negative binomial experiment? explain
c. Let x be the number of telephone calls made until the first respondent is willing to answer
the operator’s questions. Which experiment is this? explain
Q.8) A home security system is designed to have a 90% reliability rate. Suppose that
nine homes equipped with this system experience an attempted burglary. Find the
probability of these events
a. at least one of the alarms is triggered
b. more than seven of the alarms are triggered
c. eight or fewer alarms are triggered
d. anywhere from 4 to 8 (both inclusive) alarms triggered.
e. more than 2 alarams but not more than 6 alarms triggered.
Q.9) Suppose that 10% of the fields in a given agricultural area are infested with the
sweet potato whitefly. One hundred fields in this area are randomly selected and checked
for whitefly.
a. What is the average number of fields sampled that are infested with whitefly?
b. What standard deviation of fields sampled that are infested with whitefly?
Q.10) A piece of electronic equipment contains six computer chips, two of which are
defective. Three computer chips are randomly chosen for inspection, and the number of
defective chips is recorded. Find the probability distribution for x, the number of
defective computer chips.
a. Does x have a binomial distribution or a hypergeometric distribution? support your
answer.
b. Find the probability that more than one computer chip is defective
c. Find the probability that at least one computer chip is defective.
d. What proportion of the defective computer chips fall into the interval   2 .
Q.11) A quality control engineer inspects a random sample of 5 batteries from each lot
of 25 car batteries ready to be shipped. If such lot contains 7 batteries with slight defects,
what are the probabilities that the inspector’s sample will contain
a. none of the batteries with defects
b. only one of the batteries with defects
c. at least three of the batteries with defects?
Q.12) The number of gamma rays emitted per second by a certain radioactive substance
is a random variable having the Poisson distribution with 𝜇 = 5.5. If a recording
instrument becomes inoperative when there are more than 12 rays per second, what is the
probability that this instrument becomes inoperative during any given second?
Q.13) Given that the switch board of a consultant’s office receives on the average 0.5
calls per minute, find the probabilities that
a. in a given minute there will be at least 2 calls
b. in a 4-minute interval there will be at least 4 calls
Q.14) An expert shot hits a target 95% of the time. What is the probability that the
expert will miss the target for the first time in the fifteenth shot?
Q.15) A pool company’s ACS record shows that the probability is 0.20 that one of its
new pools will require repairs within a year. What is the probability that the sixth pool it
builds in a given year will be the first one to require repairs within a year?
Q.16) Find value of z if the probability that a random variable having the standard
normal distribution will take on a value
a. less than z is 0.9911
b. greater than z is 0.1093
c. greater than z is 0.6443
d. less than z is 0.0217
e. between –z and z is 0.9298
f. between 0.87 and z is 0.0919
Q.17) Find the value of k if the probability that a random variable having normal
distribution with   4.35 and   0.59 will take on a value between 4.00 and k is 0.5867
i.e. P4.00  X  k   0.5867
Q.18) Data on the readership of a certain magazine show that the proportion of ‘male’
readers under 35 is 0.40 and over 35 is 0.20. If the proportion of readers under 35 is 0.70. Find
the proportion of subscribers that are ‘female’ over 35 years. Also calculate the probability that
a randomly selected male subscriber is under 35 years of age.