DATA ANALYSIS (SEM 1 2024)

ASSIGNMENT 4 NORMAL, BINOMIAL, POISSON, AND EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS

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(1) A soft-drink factory fills bottles of soda by setting a timer on a filling machine. It has been
generally observed that the distribution of the number of ounces that the machine puts into
a bottle is normal, with a standard deviation of 0,05 ounce. The company wants 99,9% of
all its bottles to have at least 16 ounces of soda. To what value would the mean amount
put in each bottle be set?
Note: 1 ounce is equivalent to 28.34g. Do your calculations in ounces. (1)

(2) A company assembles a large part by joining two smaller parts together. Assume that the
smaller parts are normally distributed with a mean length of 1 inch and a standard deviation
of 0,01 inch.
Note: 1 inch is equivalent to 2.54cm. Do your calculations in inches.
a. What fraction of the larger parts are longer than 2,05 inches? (1)

b. What fraction of the larger parts are between 1,96 inches and 2,02 inches long? (1)

NOTE: There are no datafiles provided for this assignment. However, provide your
answers in an Excel file.

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