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    Math 1690 Test V Practice Questions

    April 17, 2011

    Directions: Calculators are NOT allowed.

    1. A probability distribution has a mean of 50 and a standard


    deviation of 3. Use Chebychev’s inequality to find the value c that
    guarantees the probability is at least 64% that an outcome of the
    experiment lies between 50-c and 50+c.
    Ans. 5

    2. Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of the random


    variable X associated with the probability density function over the
    indicated interval.
    a. f (x) = 7x8√2 ; [1, 8]

    b. f (x) = 34 x; [1, 4]
    c. f (x) = x34 ; [1, 4]
    −x
    d. f (x) = 14 e 4 ; [0, ∞)
    (Hint: limx→∞ xn ekx = 0, if k < 0)
    Ans. a. µ ≈ 2.3765; V ar(X) ≈ 2.3522; σ ≈ 1.5337.
    b. µ = 93 ; V ar(X) ≈ 0.7151; σ ≈ 0.846.
    35 √
    c. µ = 2 ; V ar(X) = 34 ; σ = 21 3.
    3

    d. µ = 4; V ar(X) = 16; σ = 4.

    3. A probability distribution has a mean of 42 and a standard


    deviation of 2. Use Chebychev’s inequality to find the a bound on
    the probability that an outcome of the experiment lies between
    a. 38 and 46 b. 32 and 52.
    Ans. a. At least 0.75 b. At least 0.96

    4. The odds against an event E occurring are 4 to 5. Find the


    probability of E not occurring.
    Ans. 49

    1
    5. The probability distribution of a random variable X is shown in
    the following table:

    x 0 1 2 3 4 5
    P(X=x) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1

    Compute the mean and standard deviation of X.


    Ans. µ = 2.7; σ ≈ 1.42

    6. A binomial experiment consists of four trials in which the


    probability of success in any one trial is 52 .
    a. Find the probability of getting 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 successes
    respectively.
    b. Construct the probability distribution for this experiment.
    c. Compute the mean and the standard deviation of the probability
    distribution.
    Ans. a. P (X = 0) = C(4, 0)(2/5)0 (3/5)4
    P (X = 1) = C(4, 1)(2/5)1 (3/5)3
    P (X = 2) = C(4, 2)(2/5)2 (3/5)2
    P (X = 3) = C(4, 3)(2/5)3 (3/5)1
    P (X = 4) = C(4, 4)(2/5)4 (3/5)0
    b and c should be clear.

    7. Let Z be the standard normal variable. Make a sketch of the


    appropriate region under the standard normal curve and find the
    probability
    a. P (Z < 0.5)
    b. P (Z > 0.75)
    c. P (−0.42 < Z < 0.66)
    Ans. a. 0.695 b. 0.2266 c. 0.4082

    8. Let Z be the standard normal variable. Find z if z satisfies the


    given value.
    a. P (Z < z) = 0.9922
    b. P (Z > z) = 0.9788
    c. P (−z < Z < z) = 0.8444
    Ans. a. z=2.42 b. z=-1.05 c. z=1.42

    9. Let X be a normal random variable with µ = 10 and σ = 2.


    Find the value of the given probability.
    a. P (X < 11)

    2
    b. P (X > 8)
    c. P (6.5 < X < 11.5).
    Ans. a. 0.6915 b. 0.8413 c. 0.7333

    10. The scores on an economics examination are normally distributed


    with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. If the instructor
    assigns A’s to 15%, B’s to 25%, C’s to 40%, D’s to 15%
    of the class, find the cutoff points for grades A-D.
    Ans.For Grade A: 80; For Grade B: 73; For Grade C: 62;
    For Grade D: 54.

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