ASSIGNMENT 2

Question 1 (1 point): Assume that X is a continuous random variable with the following
probability density function f ( x )  kx (5  x ) when 0  x  5.
(a) What is the value of k ?
(b) Find the mean (expected value) and the standard deviation of X.

Question 2 (1 point):
Suppose X has a continuous uniform distribution over the interval [-2.5; 7.5].
(a) Determine the mean, variance, and standard deviation of X.
(b) Find P ( X  5); P (1  X  4) .

Question 3 (1 point): The line width for semiconductor manufacturing is assumed to be normally
distributed with a mean of 0.6 micrometer and a standard deviation of 0.08 micrometer.
(a) What is the probability that a line width is between 0.45 and 0.68 micrometer?
(b) The line width of 95% of samples is below what value?
Let P  Z  1.645   0.95; P  Z  1  0.841; P ( Z  1.875)  0.030.

Question 4 (1 point): The manufacturing of semiconductor chips produces 6% defective chips.

Assume the chips are independent and that a lot contains 400 chips. Use normal distribution
to approximate the probability that more than 35 chips are defective.
Let P  Z  2.421  0.992; P  Z  2.211  0.986.

Question 5 (1 point): Hits to a high-volume Web site are assumed to follow a Poisson distribution
with a mean of 400 per day. Use normal distribution to approximate the probability of
less than 350 hits in a day.
Let P  Z  2.475   0.007; P  Z  2.525   0.006.

Question 6 (1 point): The lifetime of a mechanical assembly in a vibration test is exponentially

distributed with a mean of 300 hours. What is the probability that an assembly operates for more
than 360 hours before failure?

Question 7 (2 points): Let the sample data: 13, 9, 11, 7, 16, 20, 8, 10, 6
(a) Find the sample mean, variance, and the standard deviation.
(b) Find the range of the data set.
(c) Find three quartiles and IQR.
Question 8 (1 point): The amount of time that a customer spends waiting at an airport check-in
counter is a random variable with mean 7.5 minutes and standard deviation 1.2 minutes. Suppose
that a random of n = 35 customers is observed. Find the probability that the average time waiting
in line for these customers is between 7.2 and 8 minutes.

Let P  Z  2.465   0.993; P  Z  1.479   0.070; P  Z  1.852   0.032.

Question 9 (1 point):
A random sample of size n1  15 is selected from a normal population with a mean of 50 and a
standard standard deviation of 4. A second random sample of size n2  10 is taken from another
normal population with mean 40 and standard deviation 6. Let X and Y be the two sample means.
Find the probability that X  Y exceeds 6.
Let P  Z  2.465   0.993; P  Z  1.479   0.070; P  Z  1.852   0.032.