COURSE: Probability, Statistics and Queuing Theory COURSE: 21MT2103RBA

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1. A research scientist reports that mice will live on average of 40 months when their diets are
sharply restricted and then enriched with vitamins and proteins. Assuming that the life times
of such mice are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 6.3 months, find the
probability that a given mouse will live
a) more than 32 Months b) less than 28 months c) between 37 and 49 months.

2. An analog signal received at a detector (measured in micro volts) may be modeled as a

Gaussian random variable N(200, 256) at a fixed point in time.
i) Obtain the probability that the signal will exceed 240μV.
ii) Obtain the probability that the signal will not more than 190 μV.

3. The marks secured by recruits in the selection test (X) and in the proficiency test (Y) are
given below:
X 10 15 12 17 13 16 24
Y 30 42 45 46 33 34 40
Determine the Karlpearon’s correlation coefficient for the given data.

4. The following table gives the data on corn yield x and peanut yield (y) (mt/ha) for eight
different types of soil
x: 2.4 3.4 4.6 3.7 2.2 3.3 4.0 2.1
y: 1.33 2.12 1.80 1.65 2.00 1.76 2.11 1.63
Obtain the correlation between corn yields x a peanut yield and interpret the value.

5. How can you use the scatter diagram to obtain an idea of the nature of the correlation
coefficient?
6. A Computer while calculating correlation coefficient between two variables x and y from 25
pairs of observations, the following results were obtained: n=25, ∑ 𝑥=125, ∑ 𝑥 2 =650, ∑ 𝑦=100,
∑ 𝑦 2=460, ∑ 𝑥𝑦=508. Later it was discovered at the time of checking that he had copied down
two pairs as

x y x y
6 14 While the correct values are
8 12
9 6 6 8

Obtain the correct value of correlation coefficient.

7. Chemical company, wishing to study the effect of extraction time on the efficiency of an
extraction operation, obtained the data shown in the following table. Calculate r
Extraction time X 27 45 41 19 35 39
Extraction 57 64 80 46 62 72
efficiency (%) Y

Draw a scatter plot to verify that a straight line will provide a good fit to the data, draw a
straight line by eye, and use it to predict the extraction efficiency one can expect when the
extraction time is 35 minutes.

8. The grades of a class of 6 students on a midterm report (x) and on the final examination (y)
are as follows;
X 77 50 71 72 81 94 96 99 67
Y 82 66 78 34 47 85 99 99 68
i) Estimate the linear regression line
ii) Estimate the final examination grade of a student who received a grade of 85 on the
midterm report.

9. The coefficient of rank correlation between marks in statistics and marks in Mathematics
obtained by a certain group of students is 0.8. If the sum of the squares of the difference in
ranks is given to be 33, find the number of students in the group.

10. State memory less property of Exponential distribution.