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    ENG3004 ENGINEERING STATISTICS - GROUP 2 - SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2024/2025

    EXERCISE FOR TOPIC 4: PROBABILITY MASS FUNCTION AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

    Subtopic 4.1: Probability mass function

    1. Six lots of components are ready to be shipped by a certain supplier. The number of
    defective components in each lot is as follows:

    Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6
    Number of defective 0 2 0 1 2 0
    components

    One of these lots is to be randomly selected for shipment. Let X be the number of defectives
    in the selected lot. What are the pmf for each possible for X ?

    Answer: p 0 P X 0 0.50,
    p 1 P X 1 0.167,
    p 2 P X 2 0.333

    2. Consider whether the next person buying a computer at a certain electronics store buys a
    laptop or a desktop model. Let

    1 if the customer purchases a desktop computer


    𝑋
    0 if the customer purchases a laptop computer

    What is the pmf for all possible X values if 20% of all purchasers during that week select a
    desktop computer.
    Answer: p 0 P X 0 0.80, p 1 P X 1 0.20

    Subtopic 4.2: Cumulative distribution function

    1. A store carries flash drives with either 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, or 512 GB of memory.
    The accompanying table gives the distribution of Y the amount of memory in a purchased
    drive:

    y 32 64 128 256 512


    p y 0.05 0.10 0.35 0.40 0.10

    Determine F y for every possible valuable of Y


    Answer: F 32 0.05, F 64 0.15, F 128 0.50,
    F 256 0.90, F 512 1.0

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    ENG3004 ENGINEERING STATISTICS - GROUP 2 - SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2022/2023

    EXERCISE FOR TOPIC 4: DISCRETE DENSITY FUNCTION AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

    2. Company ABC has six telephone lines for customer service. Let X denote the number of
    lines in use at a specified time. Suppose the pmf of X is as given in the accompanying
    table.

    x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
    p x 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.20 0.06 0.04

    Calculate the probability of each of the following events.

    a. at most three lines are in use


    b. fewer than three lines are in use
    c. at least three lines are in use
    d. between two and five lines, inclusive, are in use
    e. between two and four lines, inclusive, are not in use
    f. at least four lines are not in use

    Answer: a. 0.70, b. 0.45, c. 0.55, d. 0.71, e. 0.65, f 0.45

    Subtopic 4.4: Binomial discrete distribution

    3. The random variable X has a binomial distribution with n 10 and p 0.5. Determine the
    following probabilities:
    a. 𝑃 𝑋 5 c. 𝑃 𝑋 9
    b. 𝑃 𝑋 2 d. 𝑃 3 𝑋 5

    Answer: a. 0.2461, b. 0.0547, c. 0.0107, d. 0.3223

    4. Determine the cumulative distribution function of a binomial random variable with n 3


    and p 0.25

    Answer: 𝐹 𝑥 0 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 0, 𝐹 𝑥 0.4219 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 𝑥 1


    𝐹 𝑥 0.8438 𝑓𝑜𝑟 1 𝑥 2, 𝐹 𝑥 0.9844 𝑓𝑜𝑟 2 𝑥 3
    𝐹 𝑥 1 𝑓𝑜𝑟 3 𝑥

    Subtopic 4.5: Geometric discrete distribution

    1. Suppose the random variable X has a geometric distribution with p 0.5. Determine the
    following probabilities:

    a. 𝑃 𝑋 1 d. 𝑃 𝑋 2
    b. 𝑃 𝑋 4 e. 𝑃 𝑋 2
    c. 𝑃 𝑋 8
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    ENG3004 ENGINEERING STATISTICS - GROUP 2 - SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2022/2023

    EXERCISE FOR TOPIC 4: DISCRETE DENSITY FUNCTION AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

    Answer: a. 0.5, b. 0.0625, c. 0.0039,


    d. 0.75, e. 0.25

    Subtopic 4.6: Poisson discrete distribution

    1. Suppose X has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4. Determine the following


    probabilities:
    a. 𝑃 𝑋 0
    b. 𝑃 𝑋 2
    c. 𝑃 𝑋 4
    d. 𝑃 𝑋 8
    Answer: a. 0.0183, b. 0.2381, c. 0.1954, d. 0.0298

    2. Suppose that the number of customers that enter a bank in an hour is a Poisson random
    variable, and suppose that P X 0 0.05. Determine the mean and variance of X.

    Answer: E X 2.996, V X 2.996

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