SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Department of Mathematics
18MAB204T-Probability and Queueing Theory
Unit –II: Poisson, Geometric and Uniform distribution
Tutorial Sheet - 5
S.No Questions Answers

Part – A
1 State memoryless property of geometric distribution.

2 If X has a uniform distribution in (-3,3) find P(|X-2|<2) 1

Ans:,
2

3 If X is uniformly distributed over(0, 10) find the probability that Ans:

i) X<2 ii)3<X<9. 1 3
i¿ ii ¿ , y¿ 1 ,
5 5

4 If the probability that an applicant for a drivers license will pass Ans: (a) 0.0064
the road test on any given trial. What is the probability that he
(b) 0.992
will finally pass the test (a) on the fourth trial (b) in less than
four trials? (hint geometric distribution)
5 If X is a Poisson random variable such that P(X=1)=0.3 and Ans: 0.264
P(X=2)=0.2 then find P(X=0).
6 If X is a Poisson variate such that E [ X 2 ]=6 then find E[X]. Ans: λ=2

Part – B
7 Ram and Mohan agree to meet at a certain place between 10 am Ans:
and 11 am. They agree that the one coming first will wait for 15
7
min for the other to arrive. Assuming that the arrival times are
16
independent and uniformly distributed find the probability that
they meet.
 8 A and B shoot independently until each has hit his own target. Ans:
3
The probabilities of their hitting the target at each shot is and 6
5
31
5
respectively. Find the probability that B will require more
7
shots than A.
9 From the records of ten Indian Army corps kept over 20 years Ans:
the following data were obtained showing the number of deaths
The last row is the theoretical
caused by horse. Calculate the theoretical Poisson frequencies.
frequency
No of deaths 0 1 2 3 4 Total
Frequency 109 65 22 3 1 200
Answer 109 66 20 4 1 200
10 The number of typing mistakes that a typist makes on a given
page has a Poisson distribution with mean of 3 mistakes. What
is the probability that she makes
Ans:
a) Exactly 7 mistakes.
b) Less than 4 mistakes. a) 0.0216
c) No mistakes on a given page. b) 0.6474
c) 0.0498