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MID TERM EXAMINATIONS – December 2022

Programme : B.Tech.[BAI,BCE,MIM] Semester : Winter 2022-23
Course Title : Probability, Statistics And Reliability Course Code : MAT3003
Faculty : Dr. A.Manickam Slot : D11+D12+D13
Time : 1 ½ hours Max. Marks : 50

Answer all the Questions

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Q.No. Question Description Marks
Sec.

1 For a certain binary, communication channel, the probability that a

transmitted ‘0’ is received as a ‘0’ is 0.95 and the probability that a
transmitted ‘1’ is received as ‘1’ is 0.90. If the probability that a ‘0’
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is transmitted is 0.4, find the probability that (i) a ‘1’ is received and
(ii) a ‘1’ was transmitted given that a ‘1’ was received.

2 (a) In a coin tossing experiment, if the coin shows head, 1 die is thrown
and the result is recorded. But if the coin shows tail, 2 dice are
thrown and their sum is recorded. What is the probability that the 5
recorded number will be 2?
(b) A box contains 4 bad and 6 good tubes. Two are drawn out from the
box at time. One of them is tested and found to be good. What is the 5
probability that the other one is also good?
3 The diameter of an electric cable X is a continuous random variable
with probability density function 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝜆𝑥𝑒 −𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0
Find (i) the value of 𝜆,(ii)cumulative distribution function of X, 10
(iii) Evaluate 𝑃 (2 < 𝑋 < 5) and 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 7).

4 The atoms of a radioactive element are randomly disintegrating. If

every gram of this element, on average, emits 3.9 alpha particles per
second, what is the probability that during the next second the
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number of alpha particles emitted from 1 gm is (i) at most 6,
(ii)at least 2, and (iii)at least 3 and at most 6.

5 Let X and Y be two random variables with the joint probability

2+𝑦 2 )
density function given by f(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑘𝑥𝑦𝑒 −(𝑥 , 𝑥 > 0, 𝑦 > 0.
Find (i) the marginal probability density function of X and Y,
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𝑥 𝑦
(ii) Conditional densities 𝑓 (𝑦) and 𝑓 (𝑥 ) , and

(iii)Verify whether X and Y are independent or not.

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