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Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

CS Core 2: Probability and Statistics


Problem Set 4

November 5, 2024

1. Suppose X denotes the time (in hours) needed to locate and rectify a problem in the software
that governs the timing of lights in a large city. Let X follows N (10, 9). Find the probability
that the next problem will require at most 15 hours to locate and rectify.

2. In a town adult population have equally divided opinion on the implementation of a municipal-
ity project. A random sample of 100 adults is asked to give their opinion. Using binomial
approximation to normal determine the probability that at least 60% of adults in the sample
are in favour of the project.

3. In an industrial process the diameter of a ball bearing is an important component. The


buyer sets specifications on the diameter to be 3.0 ± 0.01 cm. The diameter has a normal
distribution with mean 3 cm and standard deviation 0.005 cm. On the average how many
manufactured balls will be scrapped?

4. The height a university high jumper will clear, each time he jumps, is a normal random
variable with mean 2 meters and standard deviation 10 cm. What is the greatest height that
he will jump with probability 0.95? What is the height that he will clear only 10% of the
time?

5. If the set of Students’ total marks in IC105 follows N (74, 62.41), find (a) the lowest passing
marks if the lowest 10% of the students are given Grade F ; (b) the cuttoff marks for Grade
A if the top 5% of the students are given Grade A.

6. A box contain 5 white balls numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4; 4 red balls numbered 0,1,2,3; 3 black
balls numbered 0, 1, 2 and 2 blue balls numbered 0,1. A ball was drawn at random from
the bag. Let the random variables X and Y defined as follows: X takes values 0, 1, 2, 3
respectively for white, red, black and blue balls. Y denotes the number on the ball. Find the
joint distribution of X and Y . Also find the marginal distribution of X and Y .

7. A boy and a girl plan to meet a coffee shop between 4 pm and 5 pm each agreeing not to wait
more than 20 minutes for the other. They arrived at the coffee shop independently between
4 pm to 5 pm. What is the probability that they will meet?
8. The joint pdf of X and Y is given as

k(1 − x − y), x > 0, y > 0, x + y < 1,
fX,Y (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

(a) Find the value of k.


(b) Find the marginal pdf of X and Y .
(c) Find E(X), E(Y ), E(XY ) and Cov(X, Y ) and ρX,Y .

9. A two dimensional discrete random vector (X, Y ) having pmf as



c(3x + 4y), x = 0, 1, 2, 3, y = 1, 2, 3, 4,
fX,Y (x, y) = P (X = x, Y = y) =
0, otherwise.

(a) Find the value of c.


(b) Find the marginal distribution of X and Y .
(c) Find P (X ≥ 2|Y ≤ 3) and P (Y = 2|X = 3).

10. The joint pmf of a discrete random vector (X, Y ) is given as

X/Y -1 0 1
0 0 1/3 0
1 1/3 0 1/3

(a) Find the marginal distribution of X and Y .


(b) Find E(X), E(Y ), E(XY ) and ρX,Y .
(c) Are X and Y independent?

11. Let (X, Y ) be a random vector with the joint pdf



6xy(2 − x − y), 0 < x < 1, 0 < y < 1,
fX,Y (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

(a) Find the marginal distribution of X and Y .


(b) Find E(X), E(Y ), E(XY ) and ρX,Y .
(c) Are X and Y independent?

12. Let (X, Y ) be a random vector with the joint pdf



 6−x−y , 0 < x < 2, 2 < y < 4,
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fX,Y (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

(a) Find the marginal distribution of X and Y .


(b) P (X < 1, Y < 3), P (X + Y < 3), P (X < 1|Y = 3) and P (X < 1|Y < 3).

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