MATH 3ENG-T ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

Problem Set #4
Due Date: Sep 24, 2020 (12 NN)

Justin M. Marquez BET-Automotive

General Instructions:
1. Answer the following questions properly.

Questions/Problems:

UNIFORM PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

The figure shows the average time it takes for a flight from Manila to Bacolod.

B 1. Determine the probability of the flight from 37 to 42 minutes.

a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 90%

C 2. What is the probability that the flight will take from 42 to 45 min?
a. 20% b. 50% c. 30% d. 80%

D 3. Find the mean of the time of flight

a. 47 b. 38.5 c. 42.5 d. 40

B 4. Solve for the variance

a. 6.33 b. 8.33 c. 9.33 d. 10.28

A 5. Determine the standard variation

a. 2.89 b. 3.05 c. 3.21 d. 2.52
 The figure shows the volume of fifteen 500-mL alcohol

A 6. Determine the percentage of alcohol that has a volume of less than 495 mL to 500 mL
a. 25% b. 30% c. 33% d. 45%

B 7. What is the mean of the volume

a. 480 b. 505 c. 498 d. 508

A 8. Solve for the variance

a. 33.33 b. 12.66 c. 18.33 d. 11.03

A 9. Calculate the estimated standard deviation

a. 5.77 b. 3.18 c. 4.18 d. 9.83

CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

If a random variable has standard normal distribution, what are the possibilities that it will take on
a value:

C 10. Less than 1.64

a. 5.05% b. 9.92% c. 94.95 % d. 88.22%

A 11. Greater than -0.47

a. 68.08% b. 31.92% c. 9.24% d. 92.12%

C 12. Greater than 0.76

a. 88.32% b. 9.88% c. 33.21 % d. 22.36%

A 13. Less than -1.35

a. 8.85% b. 9.12% c. 91.15% d. 33.12%

B 14. Between 0.95 and 1.36

a. 91.31% b. 8.42% c. 82.89% d. 2.22%

A 15. Between 0.45 and 0.65

a. 6.86% b. 67.36% c. 74.22% d. 12.88%

The distribution of complaints per week per 3,000,000 passengers for all the trains in the
Philippines is normally distributed with 𝜇=5 and 𝜎=0.8. Find the standardized values for the
following observed values of the number of complaints per week per 3,000,000 passengers:

C 16. Two (2)

a. 3.75 b. 2.25 c. -3.75 d. 4.25
A 17. Four (4)
a. -1.25 b. 1.25 c. 2.25 d. -2.25

B 18. Six (6)

a. -1.25 b. 1.25 c. 2.25 d. -3.25

C 19. Eight (8)

a. 2.25 b. -3.75 c. 3.75 d. -1.75

Find the area under the curve between 12 and 15 with:

C 20. 𝜇=10 and 𝜎=5

a. 15.54% b. 34.13% c. 18.59% d. 22.13%

B 21. 𝜇=20 and 𝜎=10

a. 28.81% b. 9.66% c. 19.15% d. 26.2%

D 22. 𝜇=10 and 𝜎=4

a. 19.15% b. 39.44% c. 12.88% d. 20.29%

A 23. 𝜇=18 and 𝜎=10

a. 10.78% b. 22.57% c. 11.79% d. 19.22%

B 24. 𝜇=9 and 𝜎=6

a. 22.57% b. 34.13% c. 11.56% d. 12.77%

B 25. Mr. Reyes work for an agency whose employees had an average income in the past
year of P 28,000 with a standard deviation of 3,000. How much did Mr. Santos earn the
past year if z score is -0.8?
a. P 30 400 b. P 25 600 c. P 22 650 d. P 37 860

A group of test was administered with following results:

Subject Mean Std. dev Vicky’s Score

Science 56 10 43
Math 41 9 31
Economics 80 16 109

C 26. What is Vicky’s standard score in Science

a. 1.3 b. -1.3 c. -1.11 d. 1.81

C 27. What is Vicky’s standard score in Math

a. 1.81 b. 1.3 c. -1.11 d. 1.11

C 28. Find Vicky’s standard score in Economics

a. -1.81 b. 1.3 c. 1.81 d. 1.11

C 29. What percentage of students taking the test did she surpass in Science
a. 40.32% b. 90.32% c. 9.68% d. 12.88%

A 30. What percentage of students taking the test did she surpass in Math
a. 13.35% b. 36.65% c. 86.65% d. 18.33%

D 31. What percentage of students taking the test did she surpass in Economics
a. 46.49% b. 3.51% c. 32.88% d. 96.49%
The length of a tube received by a certain laboratory have a mean of 4.62 inches and the standard
deviation is 0.23 inches.
B 32. What percentage of all these tubes are longer than 5.00 inches
a. 45.05% b. 4.95% c. 95.05 % d. 88.05%

D 33. What percentage of the tubes are between 4.35 and 4.85 inches long
a. 37.9% b. 34.13% c. 27.97% d. 72.03%

D The scores of the students out of 60 points is as follows: 20, 15, 26, 32, 18, 28, 35, 14, 26,
22, 17. Most student’s didn’t get 30 out of 60, and most will fail so the professor decided to
standardize the scores and only fail students with 1 standard deviation than the mean. Determine
the number of students who will fail in the exam
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

C 34. The mean of several weighs is 1010g and the standard deviation is 20g. How many
percent of the bag is less than 1000 g?
a. 19.15% b. 69.15% c. 30.85% d. 15.21%

B 35. An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a life, before burn-out, that is
normally distributed with mean equal to 800 hours and a standard deviation of 40 hours. Find the
probability that a bulb burns between 778 and 834 hours.
a. 48.19% b. 59.11% c. 32.11% d. 68.23%

D 36. In an industrial process the diameter of a ball bearing is an important component part.
The buyer sets specifications on the diameter to be 3.0 ± 0.01 cm. The implication is that
no part falling outside these specifications will be accepted. It is known that in the process
the diameter of a ball bearing has a normal distribution with mean μ = 3.0 and standard
deviation σ=0.005. On the average, how many manufactured ball bearings will be
scrapped?
a. 3.33% b. 2.28% c. 4.56% d. 3.98%

D 37. A certain machine makes electrical resistors having a mean resistance of 40 ohms and a
standard deviation of 2 ohms. Assuming that the resistance follows a normal distribution
and can be measured to any degree of accuracy, what percentage of resistors will have a
resistance exceeding 43 ohms?
a. 6.68% b. 3.22% c. 9.18% d. 6.23%

D 38. The average grade for an exam is 74, and the standard deviation is 7. If 12%; of the
class is given A's, and the grades are curved to follow a normal distribution, what is the lowest
possible A?
a. 98.12% b. 90% c. 85% d. 82.19%

C 39. A research scientist reports that mice will live an average of 40 months when their diets
are sharply restricted and then enriched with vitamins and proteins. Assuming that the lifetimes of
such mice are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 6.3 months, find the probability
that a given mouse will live between 37 and 49 months.
a. 12.88% b. 6.12% c. 3.67% d. 88.36%

D 40. The marriage rate per 1,000 population per county has a normal distribution with mean
8.9 and standard deviation 1.7. Find the standardized values for the following marriage rates per
1,000 per county of 6.5.
a. -1.41 b. 1.41 c. 2.06 d. -2.06
D 41. The hospital cost for individuals involved in accidents who do not wear seat belts is
normally distributed with mean P75, 000 and standard deviation P12, 000. Find the cost for an
individual whose standardized value is 2.5.
a. P 120, 500 b. P182, 600 c. P 331, 200 d. P 105, 000

D 42. The amount that airlines spend on food per passenger is normally distributed with
mean $8.00 and standard deviation $2.00. What percent spend less than $5.00 per passenger?
a. 66.8% b. 43.32% c. -43.32% d. 6.68%

D 43. The average TV-viewing time per week for children ages 2 to 11 is 22.5 hours and the
standard deviation is 5.5 hours. Assuming the viewing times are normally distributed, find the
following. What percent of the children have viewing times less than 10 hours per week?
a. 11.6% b. 1.16% c. 48.84% d. 38.4%

EXPONENTIAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

Suppose the time till death after infection with HIV, the AIDS virus, is exponentially distributed with
mean equal to 8 years. If X represents the time till death after infection with HIV;

D 44. Then the percent who die within five years 𝑃 infection with HIV.
a. 33.85% b. 53.5% c. 96.5% d. 46.5%

A 45. Find the percent who live within at least 8 years

a. 63.2% b. 36.8% c. 86.8% d. 12.88%

B 46. Find the percent who live more than 10 years.

a. 71.3% b. 28.7% c. 12.15% d. 67.88%

A 47. The time that a family lives in a home between purchase and resale is exponentially
distributed with a mean equal to 5 years. Let X represent the time between purchase and
resale. Find (𝑋<3)
a. 45.12% b. 54.88% c. 4.88% d. 9.85%

C 48. The time between orders received at a mail order company are exponentially
distributed with a mean equal to 0.5 hour. What is the probability that the time between orders is
between 1 and 2 hours?
a. 51.7% b. 38.3% c. 11.7% d. 8.67%

D 49. The lifetimes in years for a particular brand of cathode ray tube are exponentially
distributed with a mean of 5 years. What percent of the tubes have lifetimes between 5 and 8
years?
a. 36.79% b. 20.1% c. 56.6% d. 16.6%

A 50. The time that a family lives in a home between purchase and resale is exponentially
distributed with a mean equal to 5 years. Let X represent the time between purchase and resale.
Find (𝑋 > 5).
a. 36.79% b. 86.79% c. 13.21% d. 14.18%