Normal Dist Practice 1
Normal Dist Practice 1
Normal Dist Practice 1
1. Read Section 3.4.6 about the Normal distribution and Section 4.7 about the Central Limit Theo-
rem.
2. Solve the practice problems below.
3. Open Homework Assignment #6, solve the problems, and submit multiple-choice answers.
6. (10 marks) The time spent by students working on a project is a Normal random variable with
parameters µ = 12 hours and σ = 4 hours. Compute the probability that
(a) the amount of time spent (b)on the project is less than 14 hours.
(b) amount of time spent on the project is greater than 8 hours.
7. (10 marks) A keyword search program lists the files that contain a given keyword. If it runs
through 200 files, and each file contains the keyword with probability 0.36, independently of
other files, compute the probability that
(a) more than 70 files
(b) less than 70 files
(c) exactly 70 files will be listed.
8. (10 marks) Among all the computer chips produced by a certain factory, 6 percent are defective.
A sample of 400 chips is selected for inspection.
a) What is the probability that this sample contains between 20 and 25 defective chips (includ-
ing 20 and 25)?
b) Suppose that each of 40 inspectors collects a sample of 400 chips. What is the probability
that at least 8 inspectors will find between 20 and 25 defective chips in their samples?
9. (10 marks) The homework consists of 40 independent problems. On the average, it takes 5
minutes to solve a problem, with a standard deviation of 2 minutes. Find the probability that the
homework will be completed in less than 3 hours.
10. (10 marks) Seventy independent messages are sent from an electronic transmission center. Mes-
sages are processed sequentially, one after another. Transmission time of each message is Expo-
nential and with a mean of 0.2 minutes. Find the probability that all 70 messages are transmitted
in less than 12 minutes.
11. (10 marks) An average scanned image occupies 0.6 megabytes of memory with a standard devi-
ation of 0.4 megabytes. If you plan to install 80 images on your web site, what is the probability
that their total size is between 47 megabytes and 56 megabytes.
a) Compute the probability that it takes at least 1 hour to install this software.
b) What is the chance that it takes between 30 minutes and 1 hour to install this software?
2.
Standardize X and use the Table of Normal distribution.
0−8
(a) P (X < 0) = P (Z < 3.5
) = P (Z < −2.29) = 0.011
15−8
(b) P (X > 15) = P (Z > 3.5 ) = P (Z > 2) = 0.023
(c) P (|X| < 2) = P (−2 < X < 2) = P (−2.86 < Z < −1.71) = 0.044 − 0.002 = 0.042
3.
Here X has a normal distribution with µ = 5 × 106 h and σ = 5 × 105 h.
P (X > 4 × 106 ) = P (Z > −2) = 0.977 (using the Normal distribution table and symmetry).
The deal will be made since this probability is more than 0.95.
4.
Let X be the number of hits at the website, which is is Normal (µ = 1000, σ = 240). With a
continuity correction (because the number of hits is integer),
(a) P (X < 900) = P (X < 899.5) = P (Z < (899.5 − 1000)/240) = P (Z < −0.42) = 0.34.
(b) We need k such that
From the Normal table, (k − 999.5)/240 = 2.33, which means k = 2.33(240) + 999.5 = 1559.
5.
Here the IQ test score X has Normal distribution with µ = 100 and σ = 15.
80−100
(a) P (X < 80) = P (Z < 15
) = P (Z < −1.33) = 1 − 0.9082 = 0.0918 or 9.18%
6.
The time X has Normal distribution with µ = 12 and σ = 4. Let Z = (X − µ)/σ denote a
Normal(0, 1) random variable.
From the Normal table,
(a) P (X < 14) = P (Z < (14 − 12)/4) = P (Z < 0.5) = 0.69
(b) P (X > 8) = P (Z > (8 − 12)/4) = P (Z > 1) = 1 − 0.84 = 0.16
7.
Let X be the number of files listed. Then X is Binomial(n = 200, p = 0.36). Since n is
large and p is neither too small nor too large, the distribution of X is approximately Normal with
parameters
µ = 200 · 0.36 = 72 and σ 2 = 200 · 36 · (1 − 0.36) = 6.792 .
Applying the continuity correction and using the table of Normal distribution,
(a) P (X > 70) = P (X > 70.5) = P (Z > −0.22) = 0.5871
(b) P (X < 70) = P (X < 69.5) = P (Z < −0.37) = 0.3557
(c) P (X = 70) = P (X < 70.5) − P (X < 69.5) = (Z < −0.22) − P (Z < −0.37) = 0.0572.
8.
a) Let X be the number of defective chips in the sample of 400. Then, X ∼ Binomial (n =
400, p = 0.06). Approximately, X ∼ Normal (µ = 400(0.06) = 24, σ 2 = 400(0.06)(1 −
0.06) = 4.752). Applying the continuity correction and using the normal table,
P (20 ≤ X ≤ 25) = P (19.5 < X < 25.5) ≈ P (−0.95 < Z < 0.32) = 0.45.
9.
Let T denote the total time (in minutes) it takes to do the homework. From the central limit
theorem, T approximately follows a Normal (E(T ) = 40(5) = 200, var(T ) = 40(22 ) = 12.652 )
distribution. Hence from the normal table,
10.
Let Xi denote the transmission time (in minutes) of the ith message, i = 1, . . . , 70. It is given
that the Xi follow independent exponential distributions with E(Xi ) = 0.2. It follows that λ =
1/0.2 = 5 and hence var(Xi ) = 1/52 = 0.22 . Let T = X1 + . . . + X70 be the total transmission
time. From the Central Limit Theorem, T approximately follows a Normal distribution with
E(T ) = 70(0.2) = 14 and var(T ) = 70(0.22 ) = 1.672 . Hence
11.
Let Xi denote the size (in megabytes) of the ith scanned image, i = 1, . . . , 80. It is given
that E(Xi ) = 0.6 and var(Xi ) = 0.42 . Let T = X1 + . . . + X80 be the total size of 80
images. From the Central Limit Theorem, T approximately follows a Normal distribution with
E(T ) = 80(0.6) = 48 and var(T ) = 80(0.42 ) = 3.582 . Hence, using the normal table,
P (47 < T < 56) ≈ P (Z < 2.23) − P (Z < −0.28) = 0.99 − 0.39 = 0.60,
12.
p
The installation time X has Gamma distribution with µ = r/λ = 50 min and σ = r/λ2 = 5
min. By the Central Limit Theorem, X is approximately Normal.
a) P (X ≥ 60) = P Z ≥ 60−50
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= P (Z ≥ 2.0) = 0.0183
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