Example 1 - Grp.
a). = 4/7
b). = 3/7
c). = 1/7
d). = 1
Example 2 - Grp. 7
Example 2 - Grp. 7
Example 3 - Grp. 8
Product codes of 2, 3, or 4 letters are equally likely. What is the
mean and standard deviation of the number of letters in 100
codes?
Example 4 - Grp. 9
A particularly long traffic light on your morning commute
is green 20% of the time that you approach it. Assume
that each morning represents an independent trial.
(a) Over five mornings, what is the probability that the light is
green on exactly one day?
(b) Over 20 mornings, what is the probability that the light is
green on exactly four days?
Example 5 - Grp. 10
An electronic product contains 40 integrated circuits.
The probability that any integrated circuit is defective is 0.01,
and the integrated circuits are independent. The product operates
only if there are no defective integrated circuits. What is
the probability that the product operates?
Example 6 - Grp. 1
A trading company has eight computers that it uses to
trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The probability
of a computer failing in a day is 0.005, and the computers
fail independently. Computers are repaired in the evening
and each day is an independent trial.
(a) What is the probability that all eight computers fail in a
day?
(b) What is the mean number of days until a specific computer
fails?
Example 7 - Grp. 2
An electronic scale in an automated filling operation
stops the manufacturing line after three underweight packages
are detected. Suppose that the probability of an underweight
package is 0.001 and each fill is independent.
(a) What is the mean number of fills before the line is
stopped?
(b) What is the standard deviation of the number of fills
before the line is stopped?
Example 7 - Grp. 2
Example 8 - Grp. 3
Printed circuit cards are placed in a functional test
after being populated with semiconductor chips. Alot contains
140 cards, and 20 are selected without replacement for functional
testing.
(a) If 20 cards are defective, what is the probability that at
least 1 defective card is in the sample?
(b) If 5 cards are defective, what is the probability that at least
1 defective card appears in the sample?
Example 9 - Grp. 4
The number of telephone calls that arrive at a phone
exchange is often modeled as a Poisson random variable.
Assume that on the average there are 10 calls per hour.
(a) What is the probability that there are exactly 5 calls in one
hour?
(b) What is the probability that there are 3 or less calls in one
hour?
(c) What is the probability that there are exactly 15 calls in
two hours?
Example 10 - Grp. 5
The number of surface flaws in plastic panels used
in the interior of automobiles has a Poisson distribution with
a mean of 0.05 flaw per square foot of plastic panel. Assume
an automobile interior contains 10 square feet of plastic
panel.
(a) What is the probability that there are no surface flaws in
an auto’s interior?
(b) If 10 cars are sold to a rental company, what is the probability
that none of the 10 cars has any surface flaws?