MAT2017_Probability&Statistics

Assignment#1 (inyourownhandwriting)

1. Supposeyourvehicleislicensedinastatethatissueslicenseplatesthatconsistofthree
digits(between0and9)followedbythreeletters(betweenAandZ).Ifalicensenumber
isselectedrandomly,whatistheprobabilitythatyoursistheoneselected?

2. Customersareusedtoevaluatepreliminaryproductdesigns.Inthepast,95%ofhighly
successful products received good reviews, 60% of moderately successful products
receivedgoodreviews,and10%ofpoorproductsreceivedgoodreviews.Inaddition,
40%ofproductshavebeenhighlysuccessful,35%havebeenmoderatelysuccessful,and
25%havebeenpoorproducts.

(a)Whatistheprobabilitythataproductattainsagoodreview?

(b)Ifanewdesignattainsagoodreview,whatistheprobabilitythatitwillbeahighly
successfulproduct?

(c)Ifaproductdoesnotattainagoodreview,whatistheprobabilitythatitwillbea
highlysuccessfulproduct?

3. Asteelplatecontains20bolts.Assumethat5boltsarenottorquedtotheproperlimit.
Fourboltsareselectedatrandom,withoutreplacement,tobecheckedfortorque.

(a)Whatistheprobabilitythatallfouroftheselectedboltsaretorquedtotheproper
limit?

(b)Whatistheprobabilitythatatleastoneoftheselectedboltsisnottorquedtothe
properlimit?

4. Abatchof25injectionmoldedpartscontains5thathavesufferedexcessiveshrinkage.

(a)Iftwopartsareselectedatrandom,andwithoutreplacement,whatistheprobability
thatthesecondpartselectedisonewithexcessiveshrinkage?

(b) If three parts are selected at random, and without replacement, what is the
probabilitythatthethirdpartselectedisonewithexcessiveshrinkage?