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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UNIT 4-Maths 4-New

The document contains important questions related to probability and statistics, specifically focusing on discrete and continuous random variables, probability mass functions (PMF), probability density functions (PDF), and various distributions including Binomial and Poisson. It includes problems on calculating expected values, variances, and fitting distributions to data. Additionally, it addresses applications of normal distribution in real-world scenarios such as battery life and income distribution.

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UNIT 4-Maths 4-New

The document contains important questions related to probability and statistics, specifically focusing on discrete and continuous random variables, probability mass functions (PMF), probability density functions (PDF), and various distributions including Binomial and Poisson. It includes problems on calculating expected values, variances, and fitting distributions to data. Additionally, it addresses applications of normal distribution in real-world scenarios such as battery life and income distribution.

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Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College

(Important Questions) UNIT 4 Sub: Maths 4


Q1 (i) If the PMF of a discrete random variable X is given by
X 1 2 3
P(x) 1/2 1/3 1/6
Find E(x) and Var(x) (mean and variance)
(ii) If the PMF of a discrete random variable X is given by
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k2 7k2+k
Find k , P(X<6) , P(X≥6) , P(3<X≤6) , minimum value of x so that P(X≤x)>1/2.
Q2. (a) If PDF f(x) of continuous random variable X is given by
f(x) =A/x2 when 5<x<10 otherwise zero. Find the value of A and hence E(x) and var(x).
(b) A PDF is defined as f(x)=6x(1-x), 0<x<1
(i) Show that total probability is 1 as it is PDF.
(ii) Find P(X≤1/2) and P(1/3≤X≤2/3)
(iii) Find K such that P(X≤k)= P(X>k)
(c) A PDF is defined as f(x)=3x2, 0≤x≤1.
Find a and b such that (i) P(X≤k)= P(X>k) (ii) P(x>b)=0.05
(d) For what value of C , the function f(x)=Ce-x ,0<x<infinity , becomes probability density
function.
Q3. Find the mean and variance of the Binomial Distribution B(4,1/3) AND (1/3+2/3)4
NOTE: These are two notation for BD : B(n,p) and (q+p)n
Q4. Comment on the statement: For Binomial distribution, mean is 6 and variance is 9.
Q5. A die is tossed thrice. A success is ‘getting 1 or 6’ on a toss. Find the mean and variance
of the number of successes.
Q6.(a) Fit a binomial distribution
X 0 1 3 4
Y 28 62 10 4
(b) Out of 800 families with 4 children each, how many families would be expected to have (i)
2 boys and 2 girls (ii) at least one boy (iii) no girl (iv) atmost two girls? Assume equal
probability for girl and boy.
Q7. Fit a Poisson distribution to following data
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
f(x) 103 143 98 42 8 4 2 0 0 0 0
Q8. Solve following for Poisson Distribution
(i) P(x=2) = 9P(x=4) +90 P(x=6), Find standard deviation (ii) P(1) =P(2) then find mean of
distribution and P(4) . (iii) If P(x=2) =2/3 P(X=1) then find P(x=0) and P(x=3).
Q.9 Show that Poisson distribution is limiting case of Binomial distribution.
Q10. The distribution of the number of road accidents per day in a city is Poisson with mean 4.
Find the number of days out of 100 when there will be (i) no accident (ii) at least 2 accidents
(iii) at most 3 accidents (iv) between 2 and 5 accidents.
Q 11. It is given that 2 % of the electric bulb made by a company are defective. Using Poisson
distribution find the probability that a sample of 200 bulbs will contain (i) no defective (ii) two
defective (iii) at most three defectives.
Q12. Find recurrence relation, mean and variance of Binomial, Poisson Distribution.
Q13. A sample of 100 dry battery cells tested to find the length of life(x) produced the
following results: mean=12 and SD=3 hr. Assume the data normally distributed; how many
battery cells are expected to have life (i) >15 hr (ii) < 6 hr (iii) 10<x<15.
Q14. In a sample of 1000 cases, the mean of a certain test is 14 and S.D. is 2.5. Assuming the
distribution to be Normal, find how many students score between 12 and 15, how many score
above 18, how many score below 8 ?
Q 15. In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life a particular make, was normally
distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and S.D. of 60 hours. Estimate the number of
bulbs likely to burn for (i) more than 2150 hours (ii) less than 1950 hours (iii) more than 1920
but less than 2160 hours.
Q16. In a normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. Find the
mean and standard deviation of the distribution. It is given that f ( 0.5 )=0.19∧f ( 1.4 )=0.42.
Q17. The income of a group of 10,000 persons was found to be normally distributed with mean
Rs. 750 p.m. and standard deviation of Rs. 50, show that of this group, about 95% had income
exceeding Rs.668 & only 5% had income exceeding Rs. 832. Also find the lowest income
among the richest 100. (Area between z = 0 and z = 1.64 is 0.4495.

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