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Situation 8: ln a certain engineering school approximately b. 0.3678 d. 0.2543

11% of people are lefl - handed. Total
population ofthe school is 1,'100. Find the expected value.
a, 10 c. 25
30. What is the probability that al least 130 students are lefl b. 100 d. 50
- handed?
a. 0.2311 c. 0.0809 45. Find the variance
b- 0 0514 d. 0.1929 a. 50 c. 100
b. 10 d. 25
31. What is the probability that ai most 100 students are left
- handed? Situation l2: A.rivai times to a busy yogurt shop during their
a. 0.2081 c. 0.0155 peak anival time are
'nell modeled by a
b. 0.0215 d- 0.'t 830 Poisson process with a rate of 30 customers
per hour
32. What is the probability that between 90 and 140 students
are left - handed? 45. Find the median time (minutes) between arrivals.
a. 0.451 c. 0.912 a. 1.2780 c.
b. 0.965 d. 0.309 b. '1.9104 d. 1.4231

Siiuation 9: On the average, a cedain interseclion results 47. Find the probability that the time between the arrivals of
in 4 trafhc accklents per month. two cuslorners is betweefl 2 and 4 minutes.
a. 0.2147 0.2209c.
33. What is the probability that in any given month at this b. 0.2680 0.2325d.
intersection, exaclly 6 accidents will occur?
a. 0.1042 c. 0.1556 Situation l3: Study shows that 90o/" of manied women
b. 0.1923 d. 0.1333 claim that their husband's mother is the
brggest bone of contentrcn in their maniage
y. What is the probability that in any given month at this (sex and money are low-rated areas of
intersedion, ihere will be at most 5 accidentrs? contention). Suppose that six women arc
a. 0.5556 c. 0.7851 having cotree together one moming.
b. 0.7778 d. 0.4152
48. What is the probability that no more than three of them
35. What is the probability that in any given month at this dislike their mother- in - law?
interseclion, there will be at least 5 accidents? a. o 00127 c. 0.00158
a. 0.2271 c" 0.8120 b. 0 01585 d. 0.o1u2
b. 0.3712 d. 0.5718
49. What is the probability that at least ihree of them dislike
Situation l0: An engineer makes 2 errors per sheet of a their mother- in - law?
siruc{ural plan on the average. a. 0.9987 c. 0.0984
b. 0.1458 d. 0.3543
36. What is the probability that the plan he made will have I
errols? Situation 14: A baseball match consists of 12 innings. A
a. 8.6 x 10r c. 7.1 x 1Oa league has a chance of winning that is twice of
b- 9.3 x 10{ d. 5.9 x 10' losing and a chance of having a draw that is
twice of losing.
37, Whai is the probability that the plan he made will have at
most 4 errors? 50. Fi.d the probability of a league thal they will have six
a. o.77 45 c. 0.9473 wins end three losses.
b. 0.6150 d. 0.8913 a. 11
0.01 c. 0.0388
b. 0.0456 d. 0 05s6
38. What is the probability that the plan he made will have at
least 6 enors? 51. Find the probability of a league that they will have seven
a. 0.0941 c. 0 0146
b. 0.0166 d. 0.7251 a. 0.7112 c. 0.2931
b. 0.1009 d. 0.4300
39. On the average, there are 6 defects in a 400 feet cable.
It a 300 feet cable is to be used, what is the probability 52. Find the probability of a league that they will have at
that there are at most two defecls? most seven wins.
a. 0.8264 c. 0.0595 a. 0.9427 c. 0.7556
b. 0 0519 d. 0.1736 b. 0 2M5 d. 0.8889

40. Suppose the average number of telephone calls coming

into a telephone exchange between 10 A.M. to 11 P.M.
is 2, while between 11 A.M. to 12 noon is 6, determine
the probability that more than five calls come in between
'10 A.M. to 12 noon, assuming that calls are
independent.
a. 0.6250 c. 0.7450
b. 0 5556 d- 0 8088

Situation ll: Assume that the length of a phone call in

minutes is an exponential random variable X
with parameter,l = 1/10. ll someone anives at
a phone booth just before you arrive, find the
probability that you will have to wait

11. Find the probability that you will have to wait less than 5
minutes.
a. 0.25/,3 c. 0.3678
b. 0.3934 d. 0.2388

42. Find lhe probability that you will have to wait greater
than 5 minutes
a, 0.3678 c. 0.3934
b. 0.2388 d. 0.2543

43. Find the probability that you will have to wait between 5
and 10 minutes.
a. 0.3934 c. 0.2388

Engr. Erickneil D. Realuyo, CE, lVlE-1, SO, MP