Practice Set

Q1. Find the probability of throwing 9 in with two dice.

Q2. State Baye’s theorem of probability.

Q3. Find P(X≤4) If probability density function of a random variable X is given by

f(x)={0.25, 1≤x≤5

=0, otherwise }.

Q4. The probability that a patient recover from a rare blood disease is 0.4. If 15 people are
known to have contacted this disease, what is the probability that

(a) From 3 to 8 survive? (b) Exactly 5 survive?

Q5. Given a random variable X having normal distribution with mean 9 and variance 4. Find
the probability that X assumes a value between 45 and 62.

Q6. Given a normally distributed variable X with mean 18 and standard deviation 2.5 then
find (a) The value of k such that P(X<k)=0.2236 (b) The value of k such that
P(X>k)=0.1814 (c) P(17<X<21)

(d) P(X<15).

Q7. The probability density function of a random variable X is

f(x) = x(4−x2)/4 for 0≤x≤2

=0 otherwise

Find the mean of the random variable.

Q8. A random sample of 100 recorded deaths in the United States during the past

year showed an average life span of 71.8 years. Assuming a population standard deviation of
8.9 years, does this seem to indicate that the mean life span today is greater than 70 years?
Use a 0.05 level of significance.

Q9. During a laboratory experiment, the average number of radioactive particle passing
through a counter in 1 millisecond is 4. What is the probability that 6 particles enter the
counter in a given millisecond.

Q10. Given a random variable Z having normal variant. Find the probability that Z assumes a
value greater than 3.1.

Q11. Two ballpoint pens are selected at random from a box that contains 4 blue pens 3 red
pens, and 3 green pens. If X is the number of blue pens selected and Y is the number of red
pens selected.
 (a) Find joint probability function f(x, y).

Q12. In Mendel’s experiments with peas he observed 315 round and yellow, 108 round and
green, 101 wrinkled and yellow, and 32 wrinkled and green. According to his theory of
heredity the numbers should be in the proportion 9:3:3:1. Is there any evidence to doubt his
theory at the (a) 0.01, (b) 0.05 level of significance?

Q13. The television picture tubes of manufacturer A have a mean lifetime of 6.5 years and a
standard deviation of 0.9 year, while those of manufacturer B have a mean lifetime of 6.0
years and a standard deviation of 0.8 year. What is the probability that a random sample of
36 tubes from manufacturer A will have a mean lifetime that is at least 1 year more than the
mean lifetime of a sample of 49 tubes from manufacturer B?

Q14. An examination was given to two classes consisting of 40 and 50 students, respectively.
In the first class the mean grade was 74 with a standard deviation of 8, while in the second
class the mean grade was 78 with a standard deviation of 7. Is there a significant difference
between the performance of the two classes at a level of significance of (a) 0.05, (b) 0.01?
(c) What is the P value of the test?

Q15. A manufacturer of car batteries claims that the life of the company’s batteries is
approximately normally distributed with a standard deviation equal to 0.9 year. If a random
sample of 10 of these batteries has a standard deviation of 1.2 years, do you think that σ >
0.9 year? Use a 0.05 level of significance.

Q16. The joint probability function of two discrete random variables X and Y is given by
f(x,y)=c(2x+y), where x and y can assume all integers such that

and f(x,y)=0 otherwise.

(a) Find the value of the constant c.

(b) Find P(X>1,Y<1).

Q17. The Edison Electric Institute has published figures on the number of kilowatt hours
used annually by various home appliances. It is claimed that a vacuum cleaner uses an
average of 44 kilowatt hours per year. If a random sample of 10 homes included in a planned
study indicates that vacuum cleaners use an average of 40 kilowatt hours per year with a
standard deviation of 11.0 kilowatt hours, does this suggest at the 0.01 level of significance
that vacuum cleaners use, on average, less than 44 kilowatt hours annually? Assume the
population of kilowatt hours to be normal.

Q18. A survey of 320 families with5 children revealed the distribution of boys and girls
shown in the table. Is the result consistent with the hypothesis that male and female births
are equally probable? If use 0.01 level of significance.
 No. Of 5 4 3 2 1 0
boys

No. Of 0 1 2 3 4 5
girls

No. Of 18 56 110 88 40 8
families

Q19. Following data of 10 values are observed to calculate coefficient of correlation as

Later it was found that one pair of x,y was written wrongly as x=10 and y=14 whereas correct
values are x=11 and y=4 find correct coefficient of correlation.

Q20. Given a standard normal distribution, find the area under the curve that lies (a)to the
right of z=1.84 (b) between z=-1.97 and z=0.86.

Q21. The probability density function of a random variable X is

f(x) = x(4−x2)/4 for 0≤x≤2

=0 otherwise

Find the Expection (E(X)) of Random Variable.

Q22. From the following lines of regression find correlation coefficient and means of x and y

y=0.51x+30.03 , x=0.50y+31.2

Q23. The joint probability function of two discrete random variables X and Y is given by
f(x,y)=(2x+y)/12, where x=0,1 and y=0,1,2 and f(x,y)=0 otherwise, Find the marginal
probability function (a) of X (b) of Y

Q24. A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. A second bag contains 2 red and 4 black balls.
One bag is selected at random. From the selected bag one ball is drawn. Find the probability
that the bag drawn is red.

Q25. A manufacturer of car batteries claims that the life of the company’s batteries is
approximately normally distributed with a standard deviation equal to 0.9 year. If a random
sample of 10 of these batteries has a standard deviation of 1.2 years, do you think that σ >
0.9 year? Use a 0.05 level of significance.

Q26. The Edison Electric Institute has published figures on the number of kilowatt hours
used annually by various home appliances. It is claimed that a vacuum cleaner uses an
average of 46 kilowatt hours per year. If a random sample of 12 homes included in a planned
study indicates that vacuum cleaners use an average of 42 kilowatt hours per year with a
standard deviation of 11.9 kilowatt hours, does this suggest at the 0.05 level of significance
that vacuum cleaners use, on average, less than 46 kilowatt hours annually? Assume the
population of kilowatt hours to be normal.

Q27. A sample of 12 observations has mean 18 and variance 9.

Test at 1% level of significance whether the population mean is 20.

Q28. Two samples of sizes 6 and 8 have variances 12 and 20, respectively.

Test at 5% level whether the population variances are equal.

Q29. The marks obtained by students in an examination are normally distributed with

mean (μ)=50 and standard deviation (σ)=10.

Find the probability that a student scores:

(a) more than 60

(b) between 40 and 65

(c) less than 35.

Q30. The joint distribution of X and Y is given by

f(x,y)= 1/9[(x+2y)], x=0,1,2;y=0,1

0 otherwise

(a) Find P(X=1∣Y=1).

(b) Find the marginal distributions.

(c) Are X and Y independent?