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Exercise Probability Distribution QA

The document discusses 12 problems involving calculating probabilities of outcomes using normal, Poisson, and binomial distributions. Several of the problems involve calculating the probability of events related to things like lifespans, test scores, weights of newborns, component lengths, industrial injuries, typing errors, job arrivals, births, floppy discs that work, faulty switches, bike tire bursts, and machines that produce bolts within specification. The document provides the probabilities for many of the specific outcomes involved in the problems.

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Exercise Probability Distribution QA

The document discusses 12 problems involving calculating probabilities of outcomes using normal, Poisson, and binomial distributions. Several of the problems involve calculating the probability of events related to things like lifespans, test scores, weights of newborns, component lengths, industrial injuries, typing errors, job arrivals, births, floppy discs that work, faulty switches, bike tire bursts, and machines that produce bolts within specification. The document provides the probabilities for many of the specific outcomes involved in the problems.

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Exercise Probability Distribution

1. The lifespans of people in a certain city constitute a normal distribution with a mean of 72 years and
a standard deviation of 6 years. What is the probability that a randomly selected person from the city
will live more than 75 years?
(0.3085)

2. Assume that scores on a Dental anxiety scale (ranging from 0 to 20) are normal for the general
population, with mean µ = 11 and standard deviation σ = 3.5.

a) What is the probability that a person chosen at random will score between 10 and 15 on this scale?
(0.4859)

b) What is the probability that a person chosen at random will have a score larger than 10 on this scale?
(0.6125)

c) What is the probability that a person chosen at random will have a score less than 5 on this scale?
(0.0432)

3. Let X denote the weight of newborn babies at Memorial Hospital. The weights are normally
distributed with mean µ = 8 lbs and standard deviation σ = 2 lbs.

a) What is the probability that the weight of a newborn, chosen at random from the records at Memorial
Hospital, is less than or equal to 9 lbs?
(0.6915)

b) What is the probability that the weight of a newborn baby, selected at random from the records of
Memorial Hospital, will be between 6 lbs and 8 lbs?
(0.3413)

4. A worn, poorly set-up machine is observed to produce components whose length X follows a normal
distribution with mean 20 cm and variance 2.56 cm. Calculate:

a) the probability that a component is at least 24 cm long; (0.0062)


b) the probability that the length of a component lies between 19 and 21 cm (0.4681)

5. The number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a Poisson
distribution with mean 0.5. Find the probability that

a) in a particular week there will be

(i) less than 2 accidents (0.9098)

(ii) more than 2 accidents (0.0144)

b) in a three week period there will be no accidents (0.223)


6. The mean number of typing errors in a document is known to follow a Poisson distribution with mean
1.5 per page. Find the probability that on a page chosen at random there are

a) no mistakes, (0.2231)

b) more than 2 mistakes (0.1912)

7. Consider a computer system with Poisson job-arrival stream at an average of 2 per minute. Determine
the probability that in any one-minute interval there will be

a) 0 jobs; (.135)

b) exactly 2 jobs; (.18)

c) at most 3 arrivals (0.8571)

8. Births in a hospital follow a Poisson distribution at an average rate of 1.8 births per hour.

a) What is the probability of observing 4 births in a given hour at the hospital? (0.0723)

b) What about the probability of observing more than or equal to 2 births in a given hour at the hospital?
(0.537)

9. In a box of floppy discs it is known that 95% will work. Following a Binomial distribution, a sample of
three of the discs is selected at random. Using Tree Diagram, find the probability that

a) none of the sample will work (0.000125)

b) 1 of the sample will work (0.007125)

c) 2 of the sample will work (0.135375)

d) all 3 of the sample will work (0.857375)

10. In a box of switches, it is known that 10% of the switches are faulty. A technician is wiring 30 circuits,
each of which needs one switch. Following Binomial distribution, what is the probability that

a) all 30 work (0.04239)

b) at most 2 of the circuits do not work? (0.41135)

11. The probability that a mountain-bike rider travelling along a certain track will have a tyre burst is
0.05. Applying Binomial distribution, find the probability that among 17 riders:

a) exactly one has a burst tyre (0.3741)


b) at most three have a burst tyre (0.9912)

c) two or more have burst tyres (0.2077)

12. 4. The probability that a machine will produce all bolts in a production run within specification is
0.998. A sample of 8 machines is taken at random following Binomial distribution. Calculate the
probability that

a) all 8 machines will produce all bolts within specification (0.9841)

b) 7 or 8 machines will produce all bolts within specification (0.9999)

c) at least 6 machines will produce all bolts within specification (1.0000)

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