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r059210501 Probability and Statistics
r059210501 Probability and Statistics
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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
( Common to Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology
and Computer Science & Systems Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Of the three men, the chances that a politician, a businessman or an acad-
emician will be appointed as a Vice-Chancellor (V.C.) of a University are 0.5,
0.3, 0.2 respectively. Probability that research is promoted by these persons
if they are appointed as V.C. are 0.3, 0.7, 0.8 respectively.
i. Determine the probability that research is promoted
ii. If research is promoted, what is the probability that V.C. is an academi-
cian
(b) There are two boxes inbox I, 11 cards are there numbered 1 to 11 and in
box-II, 5 cards numbered 1 to 5. A box is chosen and a card is drawn. If the
card shows an even number then another card is drawn from the same box. If
card shows an odd number another card is drawn from the other box. Find
the probability that
i. both are even
ii. both are odd
iii. if both are even. What is the probability that they are from box-I. [8+8]
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f 0 k 2k 2k 3k k 2 2k 2 2
7k +k
Determine
A. k
B. mean
C. variance
iii. Expected no. of defective items.
(b) For the discrete probability distribution.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f 0 k 2k 2k 3k k 2 2k 2 7k 2 +k
Determine
i. k
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ii. mean
iii. variance. [8+8]
4. (a) What is the probability that X will be between 75 and 78 if a random sample
of size 100 taken from an infinite population has mean 76 and variance 256.
(b) Write about
i. Null hypothesis
ii. Type-I & type-II errors. [8+8]
5. (a) The mean and the standard deviation of a population are 11,795 and 14,054
respectively. If n=50, find 95% confidence internal for the mean
(b) In a city 250 men out of 750 were found to be smokers. Does this information
support the conclusion that the majority of men in this city are smokers.[8+8]
6. A large electronic firm that hires many workers with disabilities wants to deter-
mine whether their disabilities affect such workers performance. Use the level of
significance of α = 0.05 to decide on the basis of the following data, whether it is
reasonable to maintain that the disabilities have no effect on the worker’s perfor-
mance. [16]
Above avaerage Average Below average
Blind 21 64 17
Deaf 16 49 14
No disability 29 93 28
7. (a) The following data pertain to the demand for a product ( in thousands of
units) and its price ( in cents) charged in five different market areas:
Price (x) 20 16 10 11 14
Demand 22 41 120 89 56
Fit a straight line of the form y = ao + a1 x to the above data
(b) Fit the model y =axb to the following data: [8+8]
x: 1 2 3 4 5 6
y: 2.98 4.26 5.21 6.10 6.80 7.50
8. Find the least squares regression equation of X1 on X2 and X3 from the following
data. [16]
X1 3 5 6 8 12 14
X2 16 10 7 4 3 2
X3 90 72 54 42 30 14
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Code No: R059210501 Set No. 2
II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
( Common to Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology
and Computer Science & Systems Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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6. The following are the average weekly losses of worker hours due to accidents in 10
industrial plants before and after a certain safety programme was put into opera-
tion:
Before: 45 73 46 124 33 57 83 34 26 17
After: 36 60 44 119 35 51 77 29 24 11
Test whether the safety programme is effective in reducing the number of accidents
at the level of significance of 0.05? [16]
8. The following sample data were collected to determine the relationship between
two processing variables and the current gain of a certain kind of transistor.
Find regression line of X3 on X1 and X2 by the method of least sequences. [16]
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Code No: R059210501 Set No. 3
II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
( Common to Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology
and Computer Science & Systems Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
1. (a) A class has 10 boys and 5 girls. Three students are selected at random one
after the other. Find the probability that
i. first two are boys and third is girl
ii. first and third of same sex and second is of opposite sex.
(b) A box contains n tickets marked 1 through n. Two tickets are drawn without
replacement. Determine the probability that the number on the tickets are
consecutive integers. [8+8]
2. (a) Two dice are thrown. Let X the random variable assign to each point (a,b) in
S the maximum of its numbers. Find the distribution, the mean and variance
of the distribution.
(b) Ten coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at
least 7 heads. [8+8]
3. (a) Define Poisson distribution and find its variance and the mean.
(b) Find the mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution in which 7%
of items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. [8+8]
4. Sample of size 2 are taken from the population 1,2,3,4,5,6 without replacement Find
5. (a) Experiences had shown that 20% of a manufactured product is of the top
quality. In one days production of 400 articles only 50 are of top quality. Test
the hypothesis at .05 level.
(b) If the mean breaking strength of copper wire is 505 lbs with a standard de-
viation of 15 lbs. The sample is 49 construct 95% confidence interval for the
mean.
(c) If the standard deviation of a sample is 20 and the maximum error with 99%
confidence is 1.72. How large the sample might be? [5+5+6]
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6. Four methods are under development for making discs of a super conducting mater-
ial. Fifty discs are made by each method and they are checked for super conductivity
when cooled with liquid.
7. (a) The following are the measurements of the air velocity and evaporation coef-
ficient of burning fuel droplets in air impulse engine
Air velocity x 20 60 100 140 180 220 260 300 340 380
Evaporation
Coefficient y .18 .37 .35 .78 .56 .75 1.18 1.36 1.17 1.65
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 10 21 35 59 92 200 400 610
Find
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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
( Common to Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology
and Computer Science & Systems Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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3. (a) Define Poisson distribution and find its variance and the mean.
(b) Find the mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution in which 7%
of items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. [8+8]
4. There are 25 cards on four of them written 5, on six of them 10, on five of them
15, on three of them 20, on four of them 25 and three of them 30. One are each of
5,10,15,20,25,30 are selected without replacement. Find
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5. (a) A random sample of 400 flower stems has an average length of 15 cms. Can
this be regarded as a sample from a large population with mean 16 cms and
S.D 5 cms.
(b) 20 people were attacked by a disease and only 18 survived will you reject the
hypothesis that the survival rate if attached by this disease is 85% in favour
of the hypothesis that is more at 5% level. [8+8]
6. (a) The measurements of the output of two units have given the following results.
Assuming that both samples have been level whether the two populations have
the same varience.
8. (a) Find the coefficient of correlation between x and y for the following data
X 10 12 18 24 23 27
Y 13 18 12 25 30 10
σ2 −σ 2 −σ 2
(b) Show r = x+y2σx σx y y Where r = coefficient of correlation between x and y
σx2 , σy2 , σx+y
2
are the variances of x, y and x+y respectively. [8+8]
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