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The document is an assignment covering various probability distributions including binomial, Poisson, uniform, normal, gamma, and exponential distributions. It contains 16 multiple choice questions calculating probabilities related to these distributions. Examples include finding the probability of ship arrivals, mine accidents, car rental demand, broker usage, road accidents, train wait times, random intervals, phone call lengths, and water supply adequacy.

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Assignment D

The document is an assignment covering various probability distributions including binomial, Poisson, uniform, normal, gamma, and exponential distributions. It contains 16 multiple choice questions calculating probabilities related to these distributions. Examples include finding the probability of ship arrivals, mine accidents, car rental demand, broker usage, road accidents, train wait times, random intervals, phone call lengths, and water supply adequacy.

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Academic Year: 2022-2023


Class: B.Tech.- Data Science (Section A & B)
Course Name: Mathematical Foundations for Data Science-I
Course Code: MA2108
Semester-III
Assignment-D
Topic Covered: Distributions: Binomial, Poisson, uniform, normal, gamma, and exponential
distributions, simple problems Moment generating function, Functions Central limit theorem and
applications.
S. No. Questions
1. If 8 ships out of 10 ships arrive safely, find the probability that at least one would arrive safely
out of 5 ships selected at random.

2. Assume that the probability of an individual coalminer being killed in a mine accident during a
1
year is . Use Poisson’s distribution to calculate the probability distribution that in a mine
2400
employing 200 miners there will be at least one fatal accident in a year.

3. A car hire firm has two cars which it hires out daily. The number of demand for a car on each
day is distributed as poison distribution with mean 1.5. Calculate the number of days out of
100 days on which (i) neither car is used (ii) demand for car is more than 2
4.
5. A brokerage survey reports that 30 percent of individual investors have used a discount broker
i.e. one which does not charge the full commission. In a random sample of 9 individuals, find
the probabilities
(a) Exactly two of the sampled individuals have used a discount broker?
(b) Not more than three have used a discount broken?
(c) At least three of them have used a discount broken?

6. The average number of road accidents in a high way is 4 per day. Find the probability that in a
randomly selected day (i) there are 4 accidents (ii) there are not more than 4 accidents
(iii)there are at least 4 accidents(iv) accidents is lies between 2 to 4.

7. The metro trains on a certain station run every 10 minutes between 5 A.M. to 10 P.M. What is
the probability that at at a random time during this period will have to wait (i) at least 5
minutes (ii) more than 7 minutes?

8. A point is randomly selected from the interval (4, 10). What is the probability that this point
shall lie in the interval (4.5, 6.5).

9. The length of time a person speaks over phone follow exponential distribution with mean 6.
What is the probability that that person will talk for (i) more than 8 minutes (ii) Between 4 and
8 minutes?
10. The pdf of X is given by

Find the moments about mean of the distribution using moment generating function and comment upon
the nature and shape of the distribution.
11. In an intelligence test administered on 1000 children, the average was 60 and standard
deviation was 20. Assuming that the marks obtained by the children follow a normal
distribution, find the number of children who have scored (i) over 90 marks (ii) below 40
marks and (iii) between 50 and 80 marks.
Useful data : ∅ (1.5)=0.4332 , ∅ (1)=0.3413 , ∅ (0.5)=0.1915,
12. The saving bank account of a customer showed an average balance of Rs. 150 and a standard
deviation of Rs.50. Assuming that the account balances are normally distributed, find the
probability of account is
(i) Over Rs. 200
(ii) Between Rs 120 and Rs. 170
(iii) Less than R. 75
Useful data : ∅ (1)=0.3413 , ∅ (0.4)=0.1554 , ∅ (0.6)=0.2257 , ∅(1.5)=0.4332
13 The pdf of X is given by

Find the moments about mean of the distribution using moment generating function and comment upon
the nature and shape of the distribution.
14. The mean height of a class is 155 cm and standard deviation is 15 . What is the probability that
the mean height of 36 students is less than 157 cm?
Useful data: , ∅ (0.8)=0.7881
15. The average life of a bread making machine is 7 years with a standard deviation of 1 year.
Assuming that the lives of these machines follow approximately normal distribution find The
probability that mean life of 9 random sample of such machines falls between 6.4 and 7.2
years.

Useful data: , ∅ (1.8)=0.45 , ∅ (0.6)=0.225


16. In a certain city, the daily consumption of water( in million of litres) follow approximately
Gamma distribution with =2==2γ and a=2 of daily capacity of that city is 9 million litres of
water what is the probability that on any given day the water supply is in inadequate?

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