Quantitative Methods for Business

Tutorial 3
Text:
Chapter 5 (GSFS)

Exercises to be done before tutorial class

Question 1
A production process produces 90% non-defective parts. A sample of 10 parts from the
production process is selected.

a. What is the probability that the sample will contain 7 non-defective parts? (0.0574)
b. What is the probability that the sample will contain at least 8 defective parts?
(3.736 X 10-7)
c. What is the probability that the sample will contain less than 2 non-defective parts?
(9.1 X 10-9)
d. What is the probability that the sample will contain no defective parts? (0.3487)
e. what is the mean, and standard deviation of the non-defective parts? (9, 0.949)

Question 2
If cars arrive to a service center randomly and independently at a rate of 6 per hour on
average, what is the probability of:
(a) no cars arriving in a given hour? (2.479 X 10-3)
(b) exactly 3 cars arriving in a given hour? (0.089)
(c) exactly 2 cars arriving in a half an hour? (0.224)
(d) less than 2 cars arriving in a 15 minutes? (0.558)
(e) At least 2 cars arriving in a 45 minutes? (0.9389)
(f) Find the mean and standard deviation per hour. (6, 6)

Exercises to be done during tutorial class

Chapter 5:

Question 5.13 pg 202/203

Question 5.50 pg 226
Question 5.51 pg 226
Question 5.77 pg 230/231
Question 5.80 pg 231 (exclude part e.)
Question 5.84 pg 231/232
Question 5.85 pg 232

Extra Practice Exercises

Question 5.88 pg 232
Question 5.89 pg 232
Question 5.90 pg 232

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