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The document consists of a series of tutorial questions related to probability and statistics, including calculations for die tosses, washer diameters, coin tosses, standard scores, examination grades, sampling distributions, and electric bulb lifetimes. Each question requires the application of statistical concepts such as normal distribution, standard deviation, and probability calculations. The questions cover a range of scenarios, from determining defective products to analyzing election poll results.

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Tutorial 1

The document consists of a series of tutorial questions related to probability and statistics, including calculations for die tosses, washer diameters, coin tosses, standard scores, examination grades, sampling distributions, and electric bulb lifetimes. Each question requires the application of statistical concepts such as normal distribution, standard deviation, and probability calculations. The questions cover a range of scenarios, from determining defective products to analyzing election poll results.

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GSU 07404: TUTORIAL QUESTION 1

1) A die is tossed 120 times. Find the probability that the face 4 will turn up 18 times or less.
2) The mean inside diameter of a sample of 200 washers produced by a machine is 0.502 inches
and standard deviation of 0.005 inches. The purpose for which these washers are intended
allows a maximum tolerance in diameter of 0.496 to 0.508 inches, otherwise a washers are
considered defective. Determine the percentage of defective washers produced by machine
assuming the diameters are normally distributed.
3) A fair coin is tossed 500 times. Find the probability that the number of heads will not differ
from 250 by: (a) More than 10 (b) Less than 30.
4) On the Statistics Examinations, the mean was 78 and standard deviation was 10.
i. Determine the standard score of two students whose grades were 93 and 62
respectively
ii. determine the grades of two students whose standard score were -0.6 and 1.4
respectively.
5) Find the mean and standard deviation of an examination in which grades of 70 and 88
correspond to standard score of -0.6 and 1.4 respectively.
6) The mean grade of one final examination is 72 and standard deviation was 9. The top 10% of
the students are to measure ‘A’. What is the minimum grade a student must get in order to
receive ‘A’?
7) A population consists of five numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 and 11. Consider all possible samples of size
two which can be drawn without replacement from this population. Find:
i. The mean of sampling distribution of means
ii. Standard error of sampling distribution of means
8) Find the probability that 120 losses of a fair coin, 5/8 or more will be head.
9) The election returns showed that a certain candidate receives 46% of the votes. Determine the
probability that a poll of 200 people selected at random from voting population would have
shown majority of the vote in favor of this candidate.
10) A and B play a game of heads and tails each tossing 50 coins. A will win the game if he
tosses 5 or more heads than B, otherwise B wins. Determine the odds against A winning any
particular game.
11) Two distances are measured as 27.3 inches and 15.6 inches with standard deviation of 0.16
inches and 0.08 inches respectively. Determine the mean and standard deviation of (a) Sum
(b) Difference of the distance
12) A certain type of Electric bulb has a mean of 1500 hours and standard deviation of 150
hours. Three bulbs are connected so that when on burn out, another will go on. Assuming the
life time are normally distributed, what is the probability that lighting will take place for (a)
At least 5000 hours (b) At most 4200 hours

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