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Problems:
1. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find
P(X = 0), P(X = 1) and P(X >= 2).

2. The mean and SD of a binomial distribution are 6 and 2 respectively. Determine

the distribution.

3. If the mean is 3 and variance is 4 of a random variable X. Check whether X

follows binomial distribution.

4. Find the probability that in tossing a fair coin 5 times, there will appear (i) 3
heads, (ii) 3 heads and 2 tails, (iii) at least 1 head, (iv) not more than 1 tail.

5. If 6 dice are thrown simultaneously 720 times, getting 3 or 5 is considered as

success. Find the number of times at least 3 dice to show success.

6. In 256 sets of 12 tosses of a fair coin, in how many cases may one expect 8 heads
and 4 tails.

7. Sixteen coins are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least 7
heads.

8. A machine manufacturing bolts is known to produce 5% defective. In a random

sample of 15 bolts, what is the probability that there are (i) exactly 3 defective
bolts, (ii) not more than 3 defective bolts.

9. In a certain town 20% samples of the population are literate. Assuming that 200
investigators each take samples of 10 individuals to see whether they are
literate. How many investigators would you expect to report that 3 people or
less are literates in the samples?
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10. Suppose the number of accidents occurring weekly on a particular stretch of a

highway follow a Poisson distribution with mean 3. Calculate the probability that
there is at least one accident this week.

11. If X and Y are independent Poisson variables such that P(X = 1) = P(X = 2), P(Y =
2) = P(Y = 3), find the variance of (X – 2Y).

12. The number of monthly breakdown of a computer is a random variable having a

Poisson distribution with mean equal to 1.8. Find the probability that this
computer will function for a month with (i) only one breakdown, (ii) at least one
breakdown.

13. In a precision bombing attack, there is a 50% chance that any one bomb will
strike the target. Two direct hits are required to destroy the target completely.
How many bombs must be dropped to give a 99% chance of completely
destroying the target?

14. In a large consignment of electric bulbs 10% are known to be defective. A

random sample of 20 is taken for inspection. Find the probability that (i) all are
good bulbs, (ii) at most 3 are defective bulbs, (iii) exactly 3 are defective bulbs.
15. An urn contains 7 black and 3 white balls. If 5 balls are withdrawn, find the
frequency function for the number of black balls obtained, if drawings are made
(i) with replacement, (ii) without replacement.

16. If X represents the outcome when a fair die is tossed, find the MGF of X and
hence E(X) and V(X).

17. Determine the CDF of a random variable X follows binomial distribution with n =
3 and P = 1/4.
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18. A random variable X is known to be Poisson with mean 4. (a) Plot the mass
function and distribution functions for this random variable. (b) What is the
probability of the event (0 < X < 5) ?

19. People enter a club at a rate of two for every 4 minutes. (a) What is the
probability that no one enters between 10.00 p.m. and 10.10 p.m.? (b) What is
the probability that at least 4 people enter during that time?

20. Suppose you buy a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries in each of which your chance of
winning a prize is 1/100. What is the (approximate) probability that you will win
a prize (a) at least once? (b) exactly once? (c) at least twice.

21. Wireless sets are manufactured with 25 soldered joints, each on the average of 1
joint in 500 defective. How many sets can be expected to be free from defective
joints in a consignment of 10000 sets?

22. The number of page requests that arrive at a web server is a Poisson random
variable with an average of 3000 requests per minute. (a) Find the probability
that there are no requests in a 100 ms period. (b) Find the probability that there
are between 2 and 4 requests in a 100 ms period. [Hint: Given the number of
page requests is 300 per minute, which is equal to 50 requests per second or 5
requests/100 ms]
23. Assume X is normally distributed with mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 2.
Determine the following: (a) P(X < 13) (b) P(X > 9) (c) P(6 < X < 14) (d) P(2 < X < 4).

24. The average test marks in a class is 80. The standard deviation is 6. If the marks
are distributed normally, how many students in a class of 200 receives marks
between 70 and 90?

25. A person riding two-wheeler travels on a highway with a mean speed of 60 km/h
and a standard deviation of 4 km/h. (a) What is the probability that he travels at
a speed between (a) 55 km/h and 65 km/h; (b) more than 65 km/h?
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26. The time required for a professor to evaluate 10 answer scripts follows a normal
distribution with average time of one hour and a standard deviation of 5
minutes. (a) What is the probability that he will take less than 45 minutes? (b)
What is the probability that he will take more than 65 minutes?

27. The time required to complete a work is an exponential distributed random

variable with mean 2. What is the probability that time to complete the work
exceeds 2 hours?

28. The number of years a washing machine functions is exponentially distributed

1
with parameter 𝜃 = 10 . What is the probability that it will be working after an
additional 10 years? [Hint: use memoryless property 𝑃(𝑋 > (𝑡 + 10)|𝑋 >
𝑡) = 𝑃(𝑋 > 10)]

29. If the number of kilometers that a car runs before its battery wears out is
exponentially distributed with an average value of 10000 km and if the owner
desires to take a 5000 km trip, what is the probability that he will be able to
complete his trip without having to replace the car battery? Assume that the car
has been used for some time.

30. The mileage which car owners get with certain kinds of radial tyres is a random
variable having an exponential distribution with a mean of 40000 km. Find the
probability that one of these tyres will last (a) at least 20,000 km, and (b) at most
30,000 km.
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S.N. Ans.
1. 0.01, 0.053, 0.93
2. n=18, p=1/3
3. No
4. 5/16, 31/32, 3/16
5. 233
6. 31
7. 0.773
8. 0.0307, 0.994
9. p=0.879, 176
10. 0.9502
11. 14
12. 0.2975, 0.8347
13. 16/243
14. 11
15.
16.
17.
18. 0.0039
19. 0.6065, 0.1352
20. 0.3935, 0.3037, 0.0902
21. 0.9512, 9512
22. e^–5
23.
24.
25. (a) 0.7888; (b) 0.0054)
26. (a) 0.00135 (b) 0.15866)
27. e^–1
28. e^–1
29. 0.6065
30. 0.6065, 0.5270