INSTITUTE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF Electrical Engineering

probability in Engineering
Assignment # 1

Prepared By:Sumbal Chughtai

Q no 1.For the data in the following table;(a)Make a frequency distribution table starting at
13.5,using a width of 1.(b)Construct a histogram.(c)What smooth pattern is suggested by(b).

Miles per Gallon for a Fleet of 100 AMEX Automobiles

16.2 17.6 18.6 16.0 17.0 17.0 14.7 16.5 14.9 17.7
15.7 18.1 17.1 17.7 16.9 15.6 17.1 17.7 17.5 15.9
18.2 16.7 14.1 16.1 16.9 17.9 17.0 16.7 17.1 15.9
16.9 16.7 17.5 16.8 16.9 17.9 17.0 14.6 16.8 17.1
15.9 17.8 17.9 15.1 18.4 15.7 17.3 16.9 18.8 17.1
17.9 16.0 17.0 15.2 17.3 16.0 17.8 16.5 15.8 16.4
17.1 18.1 16.8 17.1 18.8 16.0 15.9 17.6 18.4 17.7
16.0 14.9 16.8 17.1 20.2 13.7 17.3 16.8 15.5 17.7
18.1 17.4 17.6 18.6 16.3 17.7 16.1 18.6 16.9 15.6
16.6 17.0 19.1 16.3 19.2 17.3 16.1 15.6 18.2 18.2

Q no 2. The article determination of Most representative subdivision gave data on various

characteristics of subdivisions that could be used in deciding whether to provide electrical
power using overhead lines or underground lines. Here are the values of the variable x=total
length of streets within a subdivision:

1280 5320 4390 2100 1240 3060 4770

1050 360 3330 3380 340 1000 960

1320 530 3350 540 3870 1250 2400

960 1120 2120 450 2250 2320 2400

3150 5700 5220 500 1850 2460 5850

2700 2730 1670 100 5770 3150 1890

510 240 396 1419 2109

(a)Construct a frequency distribution table starting at 0 using a width of 900.Then interpret the
results?

(b)what proportion of subdivisions have total length less than 2700?Also interpret the results?
(c)Determine relative frequencies and draw the corresponding histogram, then comment on
interesting characteristic. How would you interpret the shape of the histogram?

Q no 3.The following data represent the length of life in years,measured to the nearest
tenth,of 30 similar fuel pumps:

2.0 3.0 0.3 3.3 1.3 0.4

0.2 6.0 5.5 6.5 0.2 2.3
1.5 4.0 5.9 1.8 4.7 0.7
4.5 0.3 1.5 0.5 2.5 5.0
1.0 6.0 5.6 6.0 1.2 0.2
(a)Set up a relative frequency distribution. Also interpret the results.

(b )Construct a cumulative frequency histogram with interpretation.