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MEC214 - Homework #1: Problem #1 (8 Points)

This document contains instructions for homework assignment #1 in the class MEC214. It includes 4 problems involving probability calculations and statistics. Students are instructed to show their work in detail by hand, without using a computer or calculator. Problem 1 involves computing various statistical measures for a set of drilling tool performance data. Problem 2 involves probability calculations for the outcomes of rolling two dice. Problem 3 involves calculating probabilities of exam outcomes and shirt colors. Problem 4 asks students to calculate card drawing probabilities.

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MEC214 - Homework #1: Problem #1 (8 Points)

This document contains instructions for homework assignment #1 in the class MEC214. It includes 4 problems involving probability calculations and statistics. Students are instructed to show their work in detail by hand, without using a computer or calculator. Problem 1 involves computing various statistical measures for a set of drilling tool performance data. Problem 2 involves probability calculations for the outcomes of rolling two dice. Problem 3 involves calculating probabilities of exam outcomes and shirt colors. Problem 4 asks students to calculate card drawing probabilities.

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MEC214 – Homework #1

Assigned: Fri. 09/13/2019 (posted on Blackboard)


Due date: Fri. 10/04/2019 (to be submitted in class)
Do all work by hand
Do NOT use a computer or a calculator that performs statistical calculations
You must show your work in great detail for full credit

Problem #1 (8 points)
The following measurements represent the number of holes that a drilling tool produces before it
fails. These tools are made in groups of 16 at a time.

(a) Compute the following for the population (the group of 16 shown below): mean, median, mode,
mean deviation, population standard deviation, population variance, and range.
(b) Compute the sample standard deviation using the following tools: (i) 1-4, (ii) 5-8, (iii) 9-12,
and (iv) 13-16.
(c) Compute the maximum, the minimum, and the mean of the four sample standard deviations
from (b). What is the relative error for each sample standard deviation [i.e., (i), (ii), (iii), and
(iv)] compared to the population standard deviation?

Tool Number Number of Tool Number Number of


Holes Drilled Holes Drilled
1 105 9 124
2 94 10 103
3 119 11 112
4 101 12 119
5 108 13 103
6 101 14 101
7 108 15 108
8 127 16 111

Problem #2 (5 points)
Two fair dice (six faces) are rolled. The total possible outcomes are 36. The absolute value of the
difference of the outcomes is denoted by X. (For instance, if one die gives 3 and the other gives 5,
then X = |3 – 5| = 2).
(a) What are the possible value-sets of X and the probabilities associated with each set? Find the
mean, the median, and the mode.
(b) Sketch a probability mass function, 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥) = 𝑝(𝑋 = 𝑥), diagram.
(c) Sketch a plot of the cumulative distribution function, 𝐹𝑋 (𝑥) = ∑𝑥𝑖 ≤𝑥 𝑝(𝑥𝑖 ).

Problem #3 (4 points)
Say the probabilities of the events below are as follows:

 Probability of getting A on your final exam: 21%


 Probability of getting B on your final exam: 48%
 Probability of it raining on the test day: 52%

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 Probability that there will be a fire drill during the exam: 3%

The person sitting in front of you owns only four shirts of which one is green, one red, one blue
and one yellow, and that the

 Probability that the person in front of you will have on a green shirt: 18%
 Probability that the person in front of you will have on a red shirt: 25%
 Probability that the person in front of you will have on a blue shirt: 22%

Calculate the following probabilities in percent:


(a) Probability of getting A or B on the exam.
(b) Probability of getting A on the exam and there being a fire drill and the person in front of you
wearing a blue shirt.
(c) Probability of getting C, D, or F on the exam and the person in front of you having either a
blue or green shirt on and there being a fire drill on the exam.
(d) Probability of it not raining on the test day and the person in front of you wearing a yellow
shirt and you getting B on the exam.

Problem #4 (3 points)

A card is drawn at random from an ordinary desk of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that
the card is:
(a) A black king or a red jack?
(b) A face card or a black card?
(c) Neither a clover nor a king?

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