1.
(2 points) How many possible ways are there to select a president and two vice-presidents
among 30 students?
1. 12180
2. (2 points) Assuming the independence of the events A and B , if P (A ∪ B ) = 0.78 and
P (A) = 0.39 what is P (B )?
2. 0.6393
3. (2 points) The number of calls to a fire department averages 10 per day. Assuming the
interval between calls is random and follows an exponential distribution, what is the
probability that the time till the next call is less than 3 hours?
3. 0.713495
4. (2 points) Suppose X is a continuous random variable whose probability density func-
tion is
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f (x) = x −3 ; 1 < X < 2.
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What is the mean value µ X ?
4. 4/3
5. (2 points) A plane attempts to land to the ground until it succeeds. Due to the weather
conditions the probability of successfully landing is 0.34 in one attempt. What is the
probability that the plane will successfully land after at most 5 attempts?
5. 0.874767
6. (2 points) An urn contains 9 red and 16 blue balls. Balls are randomly selected, one at
a time, until a red one is obtained. Each ball selected is replaced before the next one is
drawn. What is the average number of selections required until a red ball is obtained?
6. 2.7778
7. (2 points) The diagram below shows an array of eight electrical switches all in the "off"
state. If each switch has a random, independent and equal probability of 0.75 of being in
the "on" state, what is the probability that terminals A and B are electrically connected?
A B
7. 0.776596
8. (2 points) The average life-time of a device is 7.28 years with a standard deviation of
2.51 years. For a sample of size 30 what is the probability of obtaining a sample mean
that is less than 6.75?
8. 0.1237
9. (3 points) A lake is sampled at 36 different points to establish the mean concentration
of a toxin. It is found that the sample mean concentration is 24.2 ppm. Suppose the pop-
ulation standard deviation is known to be 4.5 ppm. Find a 99% (two-sided) confidence
interval for the population mean weight µ.
9. 22.27 < µ < 26.13
Solve Questions 10, 11, 12, 13 according to the following information:
Consider the following sample of measurements:
18.1 16.6 21.2 19.8 17.5 18.8 20.3
10. (2 points) Compute the sample mean x .
10. 18.9
11. (2 points) Compute the sample variance s 2 .
11. 2.66
12. (2 points) Let the null hypothesis be H0 : µ = 18.5 (and hence the alternative hypothesis
is H1 : µ > 18.5). Compute the P -value.
12. 0.2702
13. (2 points) What conclusion should we make?
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P -value is not significant and we do not reject the null hypothesis.
Solve Questions 14, 15, 16 according to the following information:
Consider the following paired observations:
Before 22.45 34.56 27.34 27.94 24.85
After 27.58 38.75 31.82 33.47 29.12
14. (2 points) Compute the sample mean d of the differences (after − before).
14. 4.72
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15. (3 points) Compute the sample variance s 2 of the differences.
15. 0.3413
16. (3 points) Form a 95% (two-sided) confidence interval for the mean difference µd with
the data provided.
16. 3.9946 < µd < 5.4454
17. (3 points) For a sample of 25 measurements the sample standard deviation is computed
to be s = 12.45. Find a 90% upper bounded confidence interval for the population stan-
dard deviation σ.
17. σ < 15.93
Solve Question 18 and Question 19 according to the following information:
For the populations A and B (that are assumed to be normally distributed) the
results of sampling experiments shown in the table below:
Population Sample size Sample mean Sample st. dev.
A 28 11.43 2.25
B 42 8.97 3.78
18. (3 points) Compute the combined number of degrees of freedom.
18. 67
19. (3 points) Find a 95% (two-sided) confidence interval for the difference in the mean of
populations A and B .
19. 1.02 < µ1 − µ2 < 3.90
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