NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

SMA2217: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS III

TUTORIAL WORKSHEET THREE

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Answer ALL Questions

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

A1. Define the following

A2. Represent graphically the probability distribution for the sample space for tossing three
coins
Number of heads, X 0 1 2 3
(a) 1 3 3 1
Probability, p(X) 8 8 8 8
(b) If three coins are tossed as shown, find the mean of the number of heads that
occur.

A3. The baseball World Series is played by the winner of the National League and
the American League. The first team to win four games wins the World Series.
In other words, the series will consist of four to seven games, depending on the
individual victories. The data shown consist of the number of games played in the
World Series from 1965 through 2005. (There was no World Series in 1994.) The
number of games played is represented by the variable X. Find the probability
P(X) for each X, construct a probability distribution, and draw a graph for the
data.

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X Number of games played
4 8
5 7
6 9
7 16
Total 40
A4. A box contains 5 balls. Two are numbered 3, one is numbered 4, and two are
numbered 5. The balls are mixed and one is selected at random. After a ball
is selected, its number is recorded. Then it is replaced. If the experiment is
repeated many times, find the variance and standard deviation of the numbers
on the balls.

A5. (a) One thousand tickets are sold at $1 each for a color television valued at
$350. What is the expected value of the gain if you purchase one ticket?
(b) One thousand tickets are sold at $1 each for four prizes of $100, $50, $25,
and $10. After each prize drawing, the winning ticket is then returned
to the pool of tickets. What is the expected value if you purchase two
tickets?
Gain, X $98 $48 $23 $8 -$2
2 2 2 2 992
Probability 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
(c) A financial adviser suggests that his client select one of two types of
bonds in which to invest $5000. Bond X pays a return of 4 % and has
a default rate of 2 %. Bond Y has a 2.5 % return and a default rate of
1 %. Find the expected rate of return and decide which bond would be
a better investment. When the bond defaults, the investor loses all the
investment.

A6. (a) A survey from Teenage Research Unlimited (Northbrook, Illinois) found
that 30 % of teenage consumers receive their spending money from part-
time jobs. If 5 teenagers are selected at random, find the probability that
at least 3 of them will have part-time jobs.
(b) A die is rolled 360 times. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation
of the number of 4s that will be rolled.
(c) The Statistical Bulletin published by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
reported that 2 % of all American births result in twins. If a random
sample of 8000 births is taken, find the mean, variance, and standard
deviation of the number of births that would result in twins.

A7. (a) A box contains 4 white balls, 3 red balls, and 3 blue balls. A ball is
selected at random, and its color is written down. It is replaced each
time. Find the probability that if 5 balls are selected, 2 are white, 2 are
red, and 1 is blue.
(b) In a large city, 50 % of the people choose a movie, 30 % choose dinner
and a play, and 20 % choose shopping as a leisure activity. If a sample of
5 people is randomly selected, find the probability that 3 are planning to
go to a movie, 1 to a play, and 1 to a shopping mall.

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A8. (a) If approximately 2 % of the people in a room of 200 people are left-
handed, find the probability that exactly 5 people there are left-handed.
(b) A lot of 12 compressor tanks is checked to see whether there are any
defective tanks. Three tanks are checked for leaks. If 1 or more of the 3
is defective, the lot is rejected. Find the probability that the lot will be
rejected if there are actually 3 defective tanks in the lot.
(c) Ten people apply for a job as assistant manager of a restaurant. Five have
completed college and five have not. If the manager selects 3 applicants
at random, find the probability that all 3 are college graduates.

A9. Find the probability for each.

A10.(a) A survey by the National Retail Federation found that women spend on
average $146.21 for the Christmas holidays. Assume the standard deviation
is $29.44. Find the percentage of women who spend less than $160.00.
Assume the variable is normally distributed.
(b) Each month, an American household generates an average of 28 pounds of
newspaper for garbage or recycling. Assume the standard deviation is 2
pounds. If a household is selected at random, find the probability of its
generating
(i) Between 27 and 31 pounds per month
(ii) More than 30.2 pounds per month
Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed.
(c) The American Automobile Association reports that the average time it
takes to respond to an emergency call is 25 minutes. Assume the variable
is approximately normally distributed and the standard deviation is 4.5
minutes. If 80 calls are randomly selected, approximately how many will
be responded to in less than 15 minutes?
(d) To qualify for a police academy, candidates must score in the top 10 % on a
general abilities test. The test has a mean of 200 and a standard deviation
of 20. Find the lowest possible score to qualify. Assume the test scores are
normally distributed.
(e) The average age of a vehicle registered in the United States is 8 years, or 96
months. Assume the standard deviation is 16 months. If a random sample
of 36 vehicles is selected, find the probability that the mean of their age is
between 90 and 100 months.

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(f) A magazine reported that 6% of American drivers read the newspaper while
driving. If 300 drivers are selected at random, find the probability that
exactly 25 say they read the newspaper while driving.
(g) Of the members of a bowling league, 10 % are widowed. If 200 bowling
league members are selected at random, find the probability that 10 or
more will be widowed.
(h) If a baseball players batting average is 0.320 (32%), find the probability
that the player will get at most 26 hits in 100 times at bat.
A11. One box contains six red balls and four green balls, and a second
box contains seven red balls and three green balls. A ball is randomly
chosen from the first box and placed in the second box. Then a ball is
randomly selected from the second box and placed in the first box.
(i) What is the probability that a red ball is selected from the first box
and a red ball is selected from the second box?
(ii) At the conclusion of the selection process, what is the probability that
the numbers of red and green balls in the first box are identical to the
numbers at the beginning

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