Continuous Probability Distributions

1. The length of life for an automatic dishwasher is approximately normally distributed

with a mean of 3.5 years and standard deviation of 1.0 years. If this type of
dishwasher is guaranteed for 12 months, what fraction of sales will require
replacement? (0.0062)
2. Suppose the current measurement in a strip of wire is assumed to follow normal
distribution with a mean of 10 milliampers, and standard deviation is 2 milliampers.
What is the probability that a measurement will exceed 13 milliampers. (0.0668)
between 9 and 11 milliamperes. (0.38292)
3. The mean height of soldiers is 68.22 inches with a variance of 10.8 (inches) 2. Assume
the distribution of heights to be normal, how many in a regiment of 1000 you would
expect to be over 6 feet tall. (0.125). (125 soldiers)
4. Given that X has a normal distribution with mean 300, and standard deviation is 50,
find the probability that X assume a value greater than 362. (0.1075)
5. A certain type of storage battery lasts on average, 3.0 years, with a standard deviation
of 5 years. Assuming that battery life is normally distributed, find the probability that
a given battery will last less than 2.3 years. (0.0808)
6. An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a life, before burn-out that is
normally distributed with mean equal to 800 hours and standard deviation of 40 hours.
Find the probability that a bulb burns between 778 and 834 hours. (0.5111)
7. The diameter of shaft in an optical storage drive is normally distributed with mean
0.6370cm and standard deviation 0.00127cm. The specifications on the shaft are
0.635±0.0038cm. What proportion of shaft confirms to specifications. (0.91924)
Hint: Plus Minus means we have Two values i.e., P(0.635-0.0038<X<0.635+0.0038).