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2. In November 1994, Intel announced that a “subtle flaw” in 9.07 Geometric Distribution
its Pentium chip would affect 1 in 9 billion division problems.
Suppose a computer perform 20 million divisions (a not In a Bernoulli sequence, the number of trials until a specified
reasonable number) in the course of a particular program. event occurs for the first time is governed by the geometric
What is the probability of no error? Of at one error? distribution.
2. The surface of a circular dart board has a small center 2. Suppose the scores on an examination are normally
circle called the bull’s-eye and 20 pie-shaped regions distributed with mean 76 and standard deviation 15. The top
numbered from 1 to 20. Each of the pie-shaped regions is 15% of the students receive A’s and the bottom 10% receive
further divided into three parts such that a person throwing a F’s. Find (i) the minimum score to receive an A and (ii) the
dart that lands in a specific region scores the value of the minimum score to pass (not receive an F).
number, double the number, or triple the number, depending
on which of the three parts the dart hits. If a person hits the 3. A fair coin is tossed 10 times, show the probability
bull’s-eye with probability 0.01, hits a double with probability distribution of number of heads.
0.10, hits a triple with probability 0.05, and misses the dart
board with probability 0.02, what is the probability that 7 4. A coin is tossed 400 times. Use the normal curve
throws will result in no bull’s-eyes, no triples, a double twice, approximation to find the probability of obtaining
and a complete miss once? (a) between 185 and 210 heads inclusive;
(b) exactly 205 heads;
9.09 Hypergeometric Distribution (c) fewer than 176 or more than 227 heads.
1. A box contains 3 red marbles and 2 white marbles and 5 9.11 Poisson Distribution
green marbles. Three marbles are drawn. Find the
probability that 1. A local drugstore owner knows that, on average, 100
a) 1 red marble was drawn. people enter his store each hour.
b) 2 red marbles were drawn. (a) Find the probability that in a given 3-minute period
c) at least one red marble was drawn. Exactly three enters the store.
(b) Find the probability that in a given 3-minute period
2. A foreign student club lists as its members 2 more than 5 people enter the store.
Canadians, 3 Japanese, 5 Italians, and 2 Germans. If
a committee of 4 is selected at random, find the probability 2. Potholes on a highway can be a serious problem, and are
that in constant need of repair. With a particular type of terrain
(a) all nationalities are represented. and make of concrete, past experience suggests that there
(b) all nationalities except Italian are represented are, on the average, 2 potholes per mile after a certain
amount of usage.
3. A company is interested in evaluating its current (a) What is the probability that no more than one pothole
inspection procedure for shipments of 50 identical items. The will appear in a section of 1 mile?
procedure is to take a sample of 5 and pass the shipment if (b) What is the probability that no more than 4 potholes
no more than 2 are found to be defective. What is the will occur in a given section of 5 miles?
probability of shipments with 20% defectives will be
accepted? 3. For a certain type of copper wire, it is known
that, on the average, 1.5 flaws occur per millimeter.
Relationship of Hypergeometric and Binomial Assuming that the number of flaws is a Poisson random
distribution variable, what is the probability that no flaws occur in
a certain portion of wire of length 5 millimeters?
4. A manufacturer of automobile tires reports that among a
shipment of 5000 sent to a local distributor, 1000 are slightly 4. An automobile manufacturer is concerned about
blemished. If one purchases 10 of these tires at random from a fault in the braking mechanism of a particular model.
the distributor, what is the probability that exactly 3 are The fault can, on rare occasions, cause a catastrophe at
blemished? high speed. The distribution of the number of cars per
year that will experience the catastrophe is a Poisson
9.10 Normal Distribution random variable with λ = 5. What is the probability that at
most 3 cars per year will experience a catastrophe?
1. Suppose the diameters of bolts manufactured by a
Relationship of Poisson and Binomial Distribution
company are normally distributed with mean of 0.25 inches
and standard deviation 0.02 inches. A bolt is considered
defective if its diameter is Greater than or equal to 0.20 5. If the probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction
from serum is 0.001, determine the probability that out of
inches or less than or equal to 0.28 inches. Find the
2000 individuals exactly 3 will suffer from bad reaction.
percentage of defective bolts manufactured by the company