Statistics FIS1031 Solutions: Tutorial 10

Solutions: Tutorial 10

1.
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 = 2) = 0.258428 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟓𝟖
(b)
𝑃(𝑋 = 4) = 0.055131 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟓𝟏
(c)
𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 1) = 0.798103 = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟗𝟖
(d)
𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 3) = 0.921187 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟐𝟏

2.
(a)
𝑃(𝑌 = 0) = 0.100259 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟎𝟎
(b)
𝑃(𝑌 > 2) = 0.403961 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟎𝟒
(c) 𝑃(𝑌 ≥ 3) = 0.403961 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟎𝟒
(d)
𝑃(4 ≤ 𝑌 < 6) = 0.170677 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟕𝟏

3.
(a)
[E(𝑋)]2 + 2[Var(𝑋)] = 3
𝜆2 + 2𝜆 = 3
2
𝜆 + 2𝜆 − 3 = 0
(𝜆 − 1)(𝜆 + 3) = 0
𝝀 = 𝟏 (shown)
(b)
𝑃(𝑋 = 2) = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟖𝟒

4.
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 = 2) = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟒𝟒
(b)
𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 1) = 0.550671 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟓𝟏

5.
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 = 4)0.182252 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟖𝟐
(b)
𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 3) = 0.580338 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟖𝟎

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6. 𝜆 = 0, 3
, 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 1) = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟖𝟑

7.
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 1) = 𝑃(𝑋 = 0) + 𝑃(𝑋 = 1)
= 0.768821
= 𝟎. 𝟕𝟔𝟗
(b)
𝑃(𝑌 > 3) = 0.292532 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟗𝟑

8.
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 = 0) = 0.449329 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟒𝟗
(b) 𝑌~𝑃𝑜(0.4) 5-minute interval
𝑃(𝑌 = 1) = 0.268128 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟔𝟖
(c) 𝑊~𝑃𝑜(2.4) 30-minute interval
𝑃(𝑊 > 3) = 0.221277 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟐𝟏

9. 𝑋~𝑃𝑜(2.4) 1 ml water
(a)
𝑃(𝑋 > 4) = 0.095869 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟗𝟓𝟗
(b) 𝑌~𝑃𝑜(1.2) 0.5 ml water
𝑃(𝑌 < 3) = 0.879487 = 𝟎. 𝟖𝟕𝟗

10. 𝑋~𝑃𝑜(4.8)
(a) 𝑉𝑎𝑟(𝑋) = 𝜆 = 𝟒. 𝟖
(b)
i.
𝑃(𝑋 = 0) = 0.00822975 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟖𝟐𝟑
ii.
𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 1) = 0.991770 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟗𝟐
(c) Let 𝑌: No. of days in a week where there is no emergency calls.
𝑌~𝐵(7, 0.00822975)
𝐸(𝑌) = 𝜇 = 𝑛𝑝 = 7(0.00822975) = 0.05760825 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟕𝟔