1.

In a school, 48% of the students take a foreign language class and 19% of

students take both foreign language and technology. What is the probability that

a student takes technology given that the students takes foreign language?

2. The test contains 10 questions, each one with available four different answers,

among which just one is correct. To pass the test at least 5 questions must be

answered correctly. What is the probability that completely unprepared student

will pass the test ?

3. In the class of 30 students, seven of them don't have done the homework. The

teacher choosed randomly 6 students. What is the chance that at least four of

them have done their homework ?

4. Three shooters shoot at the same target, each of them shoots just once. The first

one hits the target with a probability of 70%, the second one with a probability

of 80% and the third one with a probability of 90%. What is the probability that

the shooters will hit the target

a) at least once

b) at least twice ?

5. Based on incidence rate, the following table presents the corresponding numbers

per 100,000 people.

Symptom

Cancer

Total

No Yes

No 99989 0 99989

Yes 10 1 11

Total 99999 1 100000

Which can then be used to calculate the probability of having cancer when you have

the symptoms:

6. A factory produces an item using three machines—A, B, and C—which account

for 20%, 30%, and 50% of its output, respectively. Of the items produced by

machine A, 5% are defective; similarly, 3% of machine B's items and 1% of

machine C's are defective. If a randomly selected item is defective, what is the

probability it was produced by machine C?

7. X is a discrete random variable. The table below defines a probability

distribution for X

X0123

P 0.17 0.14 0.36 0.33

What is the expected value of X? What is the variance value of X?

8. The random variable X is given by the following PDF. Check that this is a valid

PDF and calculate the expected, the variance, the standard deviation values of X.

9. Let X be a continuous random variable with the following

f(x) = {

ce

−x

if x ≥ 0

0 otherwise

where c is a positive constant.

a. Find c.

b. Find the cumulative distribution function of X.

c. Find P(1<X<3).
10.Let X be a random variable following a normal distribution model N(10,2).

a. Calculate P(X≤10).

b. Calculate P(8≤X≤14).

11.Let Z be a random variable following a standard normal distribution model.

Determine the value of x in the following cases using the table of the distribution

function:

a. P(Z<x)=0.6406.

b. P(Z>x)=0.0606.

c. P(0≤Z≤x)=0.4783.

d. P(−1.5≤Z≤x)=0.2313.

e. P(−x≤Z≤x)=0.5467.

12.It is known that the glucose level in blood of diabetic persons follows a normal

distribution model with mean 106 mg/100 ml and standard deviation 8 mg/100 ml.

a. Calculate the probability of a random diabetic person having a glucose level less

than 120 mg/100 ml.

b. What percentage of persons have a glucose level between 90 and 120 mg/100

ml?

13.It is known that the cholesterol level in males 30 years old follows a normal

distribution with mean 220 mg/dl and standard deviation 30 mg/dl. If there are

20000 males 30 years old in the population,

a. How many of them have a cholesterol level between 210 and 240 mg/dl?

b. If a cholesterol level greater than 250 mg/dl can provoke a thrombosis, how

many of them are at risk of thrombosis?

c. Calculate the cholesterol level above which 20% of the males are?

14.In a population with 40000 persons, 2276 have between 0.8 and 0.84 milligrams of

bilirubin per deciliter of blood, and 11508 have more than 0.84. Assuming that the

level of bilirubin in blood follows a normal distribution model,

a. Calculate the mean and the standard deviation.

b. How many persons have more than 1 mg of bilirubin per dl of blood?

15. . If 95% of households have a TV and 8 houses are surveyed, what is the probability

that more than 6 have a TV?

16. A manufacturer knows that an average of 1 out of 10 of his products are faulty.

What is the probability that a random sample of 5 articles will contain:

a. No faulty products

b. Exactly 1 faulty products

c. At least 2 faulty products

d. No more than 3 faulty products

17.Complete the table for the following binomial distributions:

n π mean variance

standard

deviation

a 50 0.5

b 20 5

c 0.4 100

where n = number of trials and π = probability of a success.

18. The probability that cars passing a speed camera are speeding is 0.23. If 750 cars

pass the camera, how many of the cars would you expect to be speeding and what

would be the standard deviation?

19.A population is known to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2.8.

a. Compute the 95% confidence interval on the mean based on the

following sample of nine: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21.

b. Now compute the 99% confidence interval using the same data.

20.You do a study of hypnotherapy to determine how effective it is in increasing the

number of hours of sleep subjects get each night. You measure hours of sleep for 12

subjects with the following results. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the

mean number of hours slept for the population (assumed normal) from which you

took the data.

8.2; 9.1; 7.7; 8.6; 6.9; 11.2; 10.1; 9.9; 8.9; 9.2; 7.5; 10.5

21.A random sample of 20 nominally measured 2mm diameter steel ball bearings is

taken and the diameters are measured precisely. The measurements, in mm, are as

follows: 2.02 1.94 2.09 1.95 1.98 2.00 2.03 2.04 2.08 2.07 1.99 1.96 1.99 1.95 1.99

1.99 2.03 2.05 2.01 2.03 Assuming that the diameters are normally distributed with

unknown mean, μ, and unknown variance σ 2 ,

a. Find a two-sided 95% confidence interval for the variance

b. Find a two-sided confidence interval for the standard deviation.

22.In a typical car, bell housings are bolted to crankcase castings by means of a

series of 13 mm bolts. A random sample of 12 bolt-hole diameters is checked as

part of a quality control process and found to have a variance of 0.0013 mm2 .

a. Construct the 95% confidence interval for the variance of the holes.

b. Find the 95% confidence interval for the standard deviation of the holes.

23.Harris Interactive conducted a poll of American adults in August of 2011 to study

the use of online medical information. Of the 1,019 randomly chosen adults, 60%

had used the Internet within the past month to obtain medical information. Use the

results of this survey to create an approximate 95% confidence interval estimate for

the percentage of all American adults who have used the Internet to obtain medical

information in the past month.

24.The following is an excerpt from an August 2011 Just the Facts publication from
the Public Policy Institute for California, “Because neither of the major political

parties has a majority of California’s registered voters, independents are influential

in statewide elections. For example, in the previous gubernatorial election, 54% of

the independents in our post-election survey said they voted for Republican Arnold

Schwarzenegger. But in the 2008 presidential election, most independents (59%)

said they supported Democrat Barack Obama. In each case, the outcome reflected

the choice of the majority of independents.”

25.Suppose that the survey included 1011 independents. Find and interpret 99%

confidence interval for the proportion of California independents who supported

Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

26.Find the sample size given 99% confidence, Margin of Error = 0.25 and f =0.30.

27.A group of researchers want to test the possible effect of an epilepsy medication

taken by pregnant mothers on the cognitive development of their children. As

evidence, they want to estimate the IQ scores of three-year-old children born to

mothers who where on this medication during pregnancy.

28.Previous studies suggest that the SD of IQ scores of three-year-old chilren is 18

points. How many such children should the researchers sample in order to obtain a

90% confidence interval with a margin of error less than or equal to 4 points?

29.An inventor has developed a new, energy-efficient lawn mower engine. He claims

that the engine will run continuously for 5 hours (300 minutes) on a single gallon of

regular gasoline. From his stock of 2000 engines, the inventor selects a simple

random sample of 50 engines for testing. The engines run for an average of 295

minutes, with a population standard deviation of 20 minutes. Test the null hypothesis

that the mean run time is 300 minutes against the alternative hypothesis that the

mean run time is not 300 minutes. Use a 0.05 level of significance. (Assume that run

times for the population of engines are normally distributed.)

30.Bon Air Elementary School has 1000 students. The principal of the school thinks

that the average IQ of students at Bon Air is at least 110. To prove her point, she
administers an IQ test to 20 randomly selected students. Among the sampled

students, the average IQ is 108 with a sample standard deviation of 10. Based on

these results, should the principal accept or reject her original hypothesis? Assume

a significance level of 0.01. (Assume that test scores in the population of engines

are normally distributed.)

31.A particular brand of tires claims that its deluxe tire averages 50,000 miles before it

needs to be replaced. From past studies of this tire, the standard deviation is known

to be 8,000. A survey of owners of that tire design is conducted. From the 28 tires

surveyed, the mean lifespan was 46,500 miles with a standard deviation of 9,800

miles. Using α=0.05, is the data highly inconsistent with the claim?

32.A Nissan Motor Corporation advertisement read, “The average man’s I.Q. is 107.

The average brown trout’s I.Q. is 4. So why can’t man catch brown trout?” Suppose

you believe that the brown trout’s mean I.Q. is greater than four. You catch 12 brown

trout. A fish psychologist determines the I.Q.s as follows: 5; 4; 7; 3; 6; 4; 5; 3; 6; 3;

8; 5. Using α=0.05, conduct a hypothesis test of your belief.

33.The television habits of 30 children were observed. The sample mean was found

to be 48.2 hours per week, with a standard deviation of 12.4 hours per week.

Using α=0.05, test the claim that the standard deviation was at least 16 hours per

week.

34.After many years of teaching, a statistics pro- fessor computed the variance of the

marks on her final exam and found it to be a

2 = 250. She recently made changes to the

way in which the final exam is marked and wondered whether this would result in a

reduction in the variance. A random sample of this year’s final exam marks are listed

here. Can the pro- fessor infer at the 10% significance level that the variance has

decreased?

57 92 99 73 62 64 75 70 88 60
35. The US Department of Energy reported that 51.7% of homes were heated by natural

gas. A random sample of 221 homes in Kentucky found that 115 were heated by

natural gas. Does the evidence support the claim for Kentucky at the α=0.05 level in

Kentucky?

36. A number of restaurants feature a device that allows credit card users to swipe their

cards at the table. It allows the user to specify a percentage or a dollar amount to leave

as a tip. In an experiment to see how it works, a random sample of credit card users

was drawn. Some paid the usual way, and some used the new device. The percent left

as a tip was recorded and listed below. Can we infer that users of the device leave

larger tips at the α=0.05 level? ( σ1 = σ2

Usual 10.3 15.2 13.0 9.9 12.1 13.4 12.2 14.9 13.2 12.0

Device 13.6 15.7 12.9 13.2 12.9 13.4 12.1 13.9 15.7 15.4 17.4

37. Samples from two makers of ball bearings are collected, and their diameters (in

inches) are measured, with the following results:

 Acme: n1=80, s1=0.0395

 Bigelow: n2=120, s2=0.0428

Assuming that the diameters of the bearings from both companies are normally

distributed, test the claim that there is no difference in the variation of the

diameters between the two companies at the α=0.05 level.

38.Many stores sell extended warranties for products they sell. These are very lucrative for

store owners. To learn more about who buys these warranties, a random sample was

drawn of a store’s customers who recently purchased a product for which an extended

warranty was available. Among other vari- ables, each respondent reported whether he

or she paid the regular price or a sale price and whether he or she purchased an extended

warranty.
Regular Price Sale Price

Sample size 229 178

Number who bought extended warranty 47 25

Can we conclude at the 10% significance level that those who paid the regular price are

more likely to buy an extended warranty?