HOMEWORK-

1-

Engi
neer
ingst
ati
sti
cs
Pr
obl
em 1.
1
Fr
om t
hel
ett
ers(
a,b,
c,
d,
e,
f)howmany
a)3-
dist
inct
-l
ett
erscodescanbegener
ated?
Answer
/
Numberofcodes=(
6)(
5)(
4)=120possi
blecodescanbe
gener
ated
b)3-
dist
inct-l
ett
erscodest
hatst
art
swi
tht
hel
ett
erEcan
begenerated?
Answer
/
Numberofcodes=(
1)(
5)(
4)=20possi
blecodescanbe
gener
ated
c)4-
disti
nct
-l
ett
erscodescanbegener
atedi
ftheor
derof
thel
etter
sdoesnotmat t
er?
Answer
/
Numberofcodes=(
6)(
6)(
6)(
6)=1296possi
blecodescan
begener
ated
Pr
obl
em 1.
2
I
fyourandomlypickedanumberfrom t
heset
{
2,4,
7,
8,9,
15,
17,18}whati
stheprobabi
li
ty?
a)t
hisnumberi
sapr
ime
Answer
/
5
P(prime)= =0.
625
8
P(
2<X≤9)
b)

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4
P= =0.
5
8
Pr
obl
em 1.
3
Arandom sampleof150peoplear
e
cl
assi
fi
edbelowbysexandt hei
rbloodtype.I
fapersonis
pi
ckedrandomlyfr
om thi
sgroup,f
indtheprobabi
l
itythat
A B AB O TOTAL
MALE 22 27 11 9 69
FEMALE 31 25 18 7 81
TOTAL 53 52 29 16 150

a)t
heper
soni
sfemal
egi
vent
hatherbl
oodt
ypei
sB
Answer
/
25
P(F|B)= =0.
48
52
b)t
heper
sonbl
oodt
ypei
snotABgi
vent
hatt
heper
soni
smal
e
Answer
/
22+27+9
P(notAB|M)= =0.
8
69
Pr
obl
em 1.
4
acodeiscreat
edas3-
dist
inctl
ett
ersf
oll
owedby4-
dist
inct
none-
zerodigi
ts.
a)howmanysuchcodecanbecr
eat
ed?
Answer
/

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numberofcodes=(
26)
(25)
(24)
(9)
(8)
( (
7)6)
=47174400possi
blecodes
b)ifoneofthesecodesi
spickedatr
andom,whati
sthe
probabi
li
tyt
hatthi
scodestart
switht
helet
ter
sAB?
Answer
/
numberofcodes=(
1)(
1)(
24)
(9)
(8)
( (
7)6)=72576
(
72576)possi
blecodest
hatst
art
swi
tht
hel
ett
ersAB
72576
P(AB)= =0.
0015
47174400
Pr
obl
em 1.
5
Assume100st udent
sinaclasstookaquizandmidter
m
exams.Theresult
swere:65student
spassedthequiz,
85
student
spassedthemidter
m, and51student
spassedboth
exams.Ifast
udentischosenatrandom whati
stheprobabi
l
ity
that:
a)hedi
dnotpasst
hequi
z
Answer
/
st
udentdi
dnotpasst
hequi
z=100-
65=35
35
P= =0.
35
100
b)st
udent
spassedonl
yoneoft
heseexams
Answer
/
St
udent
spassedonl
ytheqi
z=65-
51=14
St
udent
spassedonl
ythemi
dter
m =85-
51=34
St
udent
spassedonl
yoneoft
heseexams=14+34=48

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48
P= =0.
48
100
c)st
udentpassedatl
eastoneoft
heseexams
Answer/

51+48
P= =0.
9
100
Onest
udentf
ail
edi
nbot
hexams
Pr
obl
em 1.
6
Aboxcont
ains9r
edbal
l
s,4whi
tebal
l
s,6bl
uebal
l
s
a)i
fabal
ldr
awnf
rom t
heboxdet
ermi
net
hepr
obabi
l
ityt
hati
t
i
s
i
)anon-bl
uebal
l
Answer
/
9+4
P= =0.
68
19
i
i
)abl
ueorwhi
tebal
l
Answer
/
6 4
P= + =0.52
19 19
b)ift
hreebal
l
saredrawnatr
andom f
indthepr
obabi
l
ityt
hat
theyaredr
awninor
derbluer
edandwhite
Answer
/
9*6*
4
P= =0.
03
19*18*17

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