GITAM UNIVERSITY

Hyderabad-Campus

Probability & Statistics

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1. Derive mean of Binomial distribution.

2. The marks obtained in Statistics in a certain examination are found to be normally
distributed. If 15% of the candidates get≥60 marks,40 % get <30 marks, find the mean
and the Standard deviation of marks.
3. Two dice are thrown 4 times. Getting a sum of 7 on the faces is a success. Find the
probability that sum gets i) Twice, ii) Never.
4. Given that the mean heights of students in a class is 158 cms with a standard deviation of
20 cms. Find how many students heights lie between 150 cms and 170 cms.
5. Derive a formula for the recurrence formula of Poisson distribution.
6. In a family of 5 children, find the probability that there are i) 2 boys, ii) No boys.
7. If n=8 and given that 4P(x=5) = P(x=3), find the probability of getting success.
8. In a test on electrical bulbs, it was found that the life of a particular make, was normally
distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and S.D of 4o hrs. Estimate the number of
bulbs likely to burn for more than 2140.
9. If the variance of a Poisson variant is 3.Find the probability that i) P(x=0)
ii) 𝑃(1 ≤ 𝑥 < 4).
10. The probabilities of a Poisson variant at x= 1 and at x=2 are equal. Find i) 𝜇, ii)
𝑃( 1 < 𝑥 < 4).
11. A die is thrown 8 times. If getting a 2 or 4 is a success. Find 𝑃(𝑥 ≤ 3)
ii)𝑃(𝑥 ≥ 2).
12. The mean of a binomial distribution is 3 and the variance is 9/4. Fin i) The value of n,
ii) (𝑃𝑥 ≥ 1) .
13. Derive the mode of binomial distribution.
14. Given that 2P(x=0) =24p(x=2) for a Poisson variant X. Find the Probability that(𝑖)𝑥 ≤
3 (𝑖𝑖)2 < 𝑥 ≤ 5.
15. If the masses of 300 students are normally distributed with mean 68 kgs and standard
deviation 3kgs.How many students have masses i) Greater than 72 kgs ii) Between 65
and 71 kgs.
16. Find the Mode of Poisson distribution.
17. Write the importance of normal distribution.
18. In a distribution exactly normal 7% of the items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. Find
the mean and the Standard deviation of mark.
19. In a sample of 1000 cases, the mean of a certain test is 14 and standard deviation is 2.5
assuming the distribution to be normal, find i) How many students score between 12 and
15.ii) How many score above 18.
20. The mean of Binomial distribution is 3 and variance is 9/4,find (i)The value of n
(ii)𝑃(𝑥  7) .
21. Given that2 P(x=0)=p(x=2) for a Poisson variant X. Find the probability that x≤3
22. The probability that a man hitting a target is 1/3 If he fires 6 times What is the probability
of hitting i) At the most 5 times, ii) At least once.
23. Given that P(x=2) =45p(x=6)-3p(x=4) for a Poisson variant X. Find the Probability that
x≥1.
24. Determine the probabilities of getting 9 exactly twice in 3 throw with a pair of dice.
25. Average number of accidents on any day on a natural high way is 1.8. Determine the
probability that the numbers of accidents are i) At least one ii) at most one.
26. The main inside diameter of a sample of 200 washers produced by a machine is 0.500
cms with a standard deviation of 0.005 cms. The purpose of which these washers are
intended a maximum tolerance in the diameter 0.495 to 0.505, otherwise the washers are
considered to be defective. Determine the percentage of defective washers produced by
the machine.
27. A random variable has a normal distribution with 10 as S.D find the mean, if the
Probability that the random variable takes on a value less than 80.5 is .3264
28. The average test marks in a particular class is 70.The standard deviation is 5.If the marks
are normally distributed how many students in a class of 500did not get marks between
75 and 80.
29. A normal distribution has 77 as mean. Find it’s S.D, if 20% of the area under the curve
lies to the right of 90.
30. Calculate the correlation coefficient for the following heights (in inches) of fathers (X)
and their sons (Y):

X : 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y : 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
31. Find the spearman rank correlation coefficient to the following data:

X: 11 12 43 84 15
12
Y: 8 15 30 60
32. From the following data, compute the coefficient of correlation between X and Y.

X Series Y Series
No. of Items : 15 15

Arithmetic Mean : 25 18

Sum of squares of deviations : 136 138

from mean
Sum of products of deviations of X and : 122
Y from their means
33. Fit a linear regression equation of Y on X to the following data:

X: 5 8 7 6 4
Y: 3 4 5 11
34. In a record of an analysis of correlation data, the following results are readable:
Variance of X = 9; Regression equations: 8X-10Y+66 = 0 and
40X-18Y = 214. Find (i) the mean values of X and Y (ii) The correlation coefficient
between X and Y and (iii) The standard deviation of Y

35. Obtain the equations of two lines of regression for the following data.
Also obtain the estimate of X for Y=70
X 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
36. Estimate the production for the year 2010, by fitting regression line to the following data:
Year: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Production: 5 8 14 12 13
(in thousand Qt).
Estimate the production in the year of 2008.