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Probability and Statistics Test Set 8: - V X 1 K N 1 T, U X 1 K 1 S, X K N 1 V, X K 1 U

The document contains 9 probability and statistics problems: 1. Calculating the probability of obtaining over 1300 hours of use from 20 independent pencil cells each with a mean life of 60 hours and standard deviation of 15 hours. 2. Finding the minimum sample size needed such that the probability the mean life of electric coils differs from the population mean by less than 60 hours is at least 0.95. 3. Finding the probability that the mean of 11 independent standard normal variables is less than 1.796 standard deviations from the population mean.

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Probability and Statistics Test Set 8: - V X 1 K N 1 T, U X 1 K 1 S, X K N 1 V, X K 1 U

The document contains 9 probability and statistics problems: 1. Calculating the probability of obtaining over 1300 hours of use from 20 independent pencil cells each with a mean life of 60 hours and standard deviation of 15 hours. 2. Finding the minimum sample size needed such that the probability the mean life of electric coils differs from the population mean by less than 60 hours is at least 0.95. 3. Finding the probability that the mean of 11 independent standard normal variables is less than 1.796 standard deviations from the population mean.

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Probability and Statistics

Test Set 8
1. The life of a pencil cell is a random variable with mean 60 hrs and standard
deviation 15 hrs. A cell is used until it fails, at which point it is replaced by a new one.
Assuming 20 such cells are available with independent lives find the approximate
probability (using central limit theorem) that over 1300 hrs of use can be obtained.
2. Let X, the lives of electric coil used in heater have mean and s.d. 120 hours. n of these
coils are put on test till they fail, resulting in observations X1 ,..., X n find the minimum
value of n so that the probability that X differs by by less than 60 hours is at least
0.95?
3. Let X1, , X11 be i.i.d. N(, 2), find P( 11 X 1.796 S).

4. Let X1, , Xn, Xn+1, Xn+2 be i.i.d. N(, 2) and let X and S2 denote the sample mean
and sample variance based on X1, , Xn. Find the distribution of
X n 1 X n 2 2X
n

.
2(n 2)
S

5. Let X1, , Xm be a random sample from N(1, 2) population and Y1, , Yn be another
independent random sample from N(2, 2) population. Let X, Y, S12 , S 22 be the sample
means and sample variances based on X and Y-samples respectively. Determine the
distribution of
(m 1)S2x (n 1)S2y
2(X 1 ) 3(Y 2 )
2
, where S
U
.
(m n 2)
S 4 m 9 n
6. Consider two independent samples- the first of size 12 from a normal population with
variance 6 and the second of size 6 from a normal population with variance 3. Compute
the probability that the sample variance from the second sample exceeds the one from
the first.
7. The temperature at which certain chemical reaction takes place is normally distributed
with variance 2. A random sample of size n has the sample variance S2. How many
observations are required to ensure that P(S2/2 1.8) 0.99?
8. Let X1, X2, X3, X4 be
P(X12 X 22 X32 X 24 2 ) .

independent

N(0,

2 )

random

variables.

Find

9. Let X1, , Xn be a random sample from N(, 2) population. For 1 < k < n, define
n
n
1 k
1
1 k
1
2
2
2

X i V 2 .
U Xi , V
X
,
S
X
U
,
T

i
i
k i 1
n k i k 1
k 1 i 1
n k 1 i k 1

Find the distributions of


(k 1)S2 (n k 1)T 2
S2
k (U )
W1 U V, W2
,
W

, W4
,
3
2
2

T
T
(n k)(V )
k(n k)
W5
and W6
(U V).
T
n(n 2)W2

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