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This document contains 10 statistics problems involving confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and comparing means from two populations. The problems are drawn from exercises in a probability and statistics textbook. Sample data and relevant information is provided for each problem regarding sample sizes, means, standard deviations, and distributions. The problems cover a range of statistical techniques including constructing confidence intervals, determining necessary sample sizes, and testing differences between population means.

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Homework 8

This document contains 10 statistics problems involving confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and comparing means from two populations. The problems are drawn from exercises in a probability and statistics textbook. Sample data and relevant information is provided for each problem regarding sample sizes, means, standard deviations, and distributions. The problems cover a range of statistical techniques including constructing confidence intervals, determining necessary sample sizes, and testing differences between population means.

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Problem Set 8

HANU - Faculty of Information and Technology


Probability & Statistics

Problem 1: [1, Exercise 9.2]


An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of life that is approxi-
mately normally distributed with a standard deviation of 40 hours. If a sample of 30
bulbs has an average life of 780 hours, find a 96% confidence interval for the population
mean of all bulbs produced by this firm.

Problem 2: [1, Exercise 9.5]


A random sample of 100 automobile owners in the state of Virginia shows that an au-
tomobile is driven on average 23,500 kilometers per year with a standard deviation of
3900 kilometers. Assume the distribution of measurements to be approximately normal.
(a) Construct a 99% confidence interval for the average number of kilometers an auto-
mobile is driven annually in Virginia.
(b) What can we assert with 99% confidence about the possible size of our error if we
estimate the average number of kilometers driven by car owners in Virginia to be 23,500
kilometers per year?

Problem 3: [1, Exercise 9.8]


An efficiency expert wishes to determine the average time that it takes to drill three
holes in a certain metal clamp. How large a sample will she need to be 95% confident
that her sample mean will be within 15 seconds of the true mean? Assume that it is
known from previous studies that σ = 40 seconds.

Problem 4: [1, Exercise 9.12]


A random sample of 10 chocolate energy bars of a certain brand has, on average, 230
calories per bar, with a standard deviation of 15 calories. Construct a 99% confidence
interval for the true mean calorie content of this brand of energy bar. Assume that the
distribution of the calorie content is approximately normal.

Problem 5: [1, Exercise 9.19]


A random sample of 25 tablets of buffered aspirin contains, on average, 325.05 mg of
aspirin per tablet, with a standard deviation of 0.5 mg. Find the 95% tolerance limits
that will contain 90% of the tablet contents for this brand of buffered aspirin. Assume
that the aspirin content is normally distributed.

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Problem 6: [1, Exercise 9.35]
A random sample of size n1 = 25, taken from a normal population with a standard
deviation σ1 = 5, has a mean x1 = 80. A second random sample of size n2 = 36, taken
from a different normal population with a standard deviation σ2 = 3, has a mean x2 =
75. Find a 94% confidence interval for µ1 − µ2 .

Problem 7: [1, Exercise 9.36]


Two kinds of thread are being compared for strength. Fifty pieces of each type of thread
are tested under similar conditions. Brand A has an average tensile strength of 78.3
kilograms with a standard deviation of 5.6 kilograms, while brand B has an average
tensile strength of 87.2 kilograms with a standard deviation of 6.3 kilograms. Construct
a 95% confidence interval for the difference of the population means.

Problem 8: [1, Exercise 9.43]


A taxi company is trying to decide whether to purchase brand A or brand B tires for its
fleet of taxis. To estimate the difference in the two brands, an experiment is conducted
using 12 of each brand. The tires are run until they wear out. The results are:
Brand A: x1 = 36,300 kilometers, s1 = 5000 kilometers.
Brand B: x2 = 38,100 kilometers, s2 = 6100 kilometers.
Compute a 95% confidence interval for µA − µB assuming the populations to be ap-
proximately normally distributed. You may not assume that the variances are equal.

Problem 9: [1, Exercise 9.48]


An automotive company is considering two types of batteries for its automobile. Sam-
ple information on battery life is collected for 20 batteries of type A and 20 batteries
of type B. The summary statistics are xA = 32.91, xB = 30.47, sA = 1.57, and sB =
1.74. Assume the data on each battery are normally distributed and assume σA = σB .
(a) Find a 95% confidence interval on µA − µB .
(b) Draw a conclusion from (a) that provides insight into whether A or B should be
adopted.

Problem 10: [1, Exercise 9.50]


Two levels (low and high) of insulin doses are given to two groups of diabetic rats to
check the insulin-binding capacity, yielding the following data:
Low dose: n1 = 8, x1 = 1.98, s1 = 0.51
High dose: n2 = 13, x2 = 1.30, s2 = 0.35
Assume that the variances are equal. Give a 95% confidence interval for the difference
in the true average insulin-binding capacity between the two samples.

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References
[1] Walpole, R. E., Myers, R. H., Myers, S. L. and Ye, K., Probability &
Statistics for Engineers & Scientists, 9th ed., MA, USA: Prentice-Hall, 2012.

[2] DeGroot, M. H. and Schervish, M. J., Probability and Statistics, 4th ed., MA,
USA: Pearson Education, Inc., 2012.

[3] Murray, R. S., John, J. S. and R, A. Srinivasan, Probability and Statistics,


3rd ed., USA: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

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