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Suppose that f (x) = 3(8x x2 ) 256 for 0 < x < 8.
Determine the following:
(a) P(X < 2) (b) P(X < 9) (c) P(2 < X < 4)
(d) P(X > 6) (e) x such that P(X < x) = 0.95
A test instrument needs to be calibrated periodically to prevent measurement
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errors. After some time of use without calibration, it is known that the
probability density function of the measurement error is f (x) = 1 0.5x for 0
< x < 2 millimeters.
(a) If the measurement error within 0.5 millimeters is acceptable, what is the
probability that the error is not acceptable before calibration?
(b) What is the value of measurement error exceeded with probability 0.2
before calibration?
(c) What is the probability that the measurement error is exactly 0.22
millimeters before calibration?
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The probability density function of the net weight in pounds of a
packaged chemical herbicide is f (x) = 2.0 for 49.75 < x < 50.25 pounds.
(a) Determine the probability that a package weighs more than 50
pounds.
(b) How much chemical is contained in 90% of all packages?
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ii.
The life of a recirculating pump follows a Weibull distribution with
parameters = 2 and = 700 hours. Determine:
(a) Mean life of a pump (b) Variance of the life of a pump
(c) What is the probability that a pump will last longer than its mean?
Suppose that the cumulative distribution function of the random variable X
is
0 x< 0
F ( X ) = 0,25 x 0 x <5
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15x
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the measurement is rounded to the nearest gram. Suppose that the true
weight of a sample is 165.5 grams.
(a) What is the probability that the rounded result is 167 grams?
(b) What is the probability that the rounded result is 167 grams or more?
Phoenix water is provided to approximately 1.4 million people who are
served through more than 362,000 accounts
(http://phoenix.gov/WATER/wtrfacts.html). All accounts are metered and
billed monthly. The probability that an account has an error in a month is
0.001, and accounts can be assumed to be independent.
(a) What are the mean and standard deviation of the number of account
errors each month?
(b) Approximate the probability of fewer than 350 errors in a month.
(c) Approximate a value so that the probability that the number of errors
exceeds this value is 0.05.
(d) Approximate the probability of more than 400 errors per month in the
next two months. Assume that results between months are independent.
Suppose that the number of asbestos particles in a sample of 1 squared
centimeter of dust is a Poisson random variable with a mean of 1000. What
is the probability that 10 squared centimeters of dust contains more than
10,000 particles?
Suppose that X has an exponential distribution with = 2. Determine the
following:
(a) P(X 0) (b) P(X 2)
(c) P(X 1) (d) P(1< X <2)
(e) Find the value of x such that P(X < x) = 0.05.
The lifetime of a mechanical assembly in a vibration test is exponentially
distributed with a mean of 400 hours.
(a) What is the probability that an assembly on test fails in less than 100
hours?
(b) What is the probability that an assembly operates for more than 500
hours before failure?
(c) If an assembly has been on test for 400 hours without a failure, what is
the probability of a failure in the next 100 hours?
(d) If 10 assemblies are tested, what is the probability that at least one fails
in less than 100 hours? Assume that the assemblies fail independently.
(e) If 10 assemblies are tested, what is the probability that all have failed by
800 hours? Assume that the assemblies fail independently.
An article in Journal of Hydrology [Use of a Lognormal Distribution
Model for Estimating Soil Water Retention Curves from Particle-Size
Distribution Data (2006, Vol. 323(1), pp. 325334)] considered a
lognormal distribution model to estimate water retention curves for a range
of soil textures. The particle-size distribution (in centimeters) was modeled
as a lognormal random variable X with = 3.8 and = 0.7. Determine the
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following:
(a) P(X < 0.02) (b) Value for x such that P(X x) = 0.95
(c) Mean and variance of X