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B.E./B.Tech (Full Time) Degree End Semester Examinations, November 2013 Third Semester MA8356 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Common to Industrial, Manufacturing, Rubber and Production, Food and Pharma and Chemical Engineering (Regulation 2013) (Use of Statistical tables and calculators may be permitted) Max Marks: 100 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ‘Time: 3 Hours PART A (10 x 2 = 20) 1. A random variable X has the probability density function 2 fade “St 9). (8 Marks) (oR} |. The number of accidents in a year to taxi drivers in a city follows a poisson distribution with mean equal to 3. Out of 1000 taxi drivers, find approximately ‘the number of drivers with (i) no accidents in a year (ii) more than 3 accidents in a year. (8 Marks) Find the probability density function of the random variable Y = X?, where X is a standard normal random variable. (8 Marks) . The joint probability density function(pdf) of (X,Y) is given by I/4)(l+2y), -l1<2

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