Answers to even problems on SM230 syllabus

Revision date 01/27/96.

Solutions written by J.C. Turner fall 1995.

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Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 8


Chapter 3 (evens)

4. 1/2, 5/9

8. (Assume problem should read "generates *4* successive digits")

a. 10^4

b. 1/10^4

c. 10*9*8*7/10^4

d. 10/10^4

e. 4*10*9/10^4

12. # outcomes=C(10+8+5,3)=1771

a. 186/1771

b. 400/1771

14. 0.0098, 0.0294, 0.0313 (assuming assoc. prof. are the only ones picked from for two of the

talks and the greeting is given by either a prof. or an asst. prof.

16. 30 (assuming w o r)

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Chapter 4 (evens)

4. 0.408, 0.132, 0.221

8. 0.225, 0.554, 0.75, 0.75, 0.625

12. (a) 0.1, (b) 0.26, 0.34, (c) 0.31, (d) 0.625

14. 0.135, 0.055, 0.667, 0.988

I have found the following errors in solutions of the odd numbered problems supplied to us.

4.5 a. 6.5% of the population reads exactly on magazine.

4.11 d. .4 (vice 0.367)

4.15 a. 0.03/.17=0.1765

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Chapter 8

8.3 The following table is for N=12, p=0.2 and x from 0 to 5.

The probability of passing is 1-SUM = 0.01941.

0	0.06872
1	0.20616
2	0.28347
3	0.23622
4	0.13288
5	0.05315	
0.01941

8.4 Table for N=12, p=0.7, x=0 to 5

0.9613992 = 1-SUM

0	5.314E-07
1	1.488E-05
2	0.000191
3	0.0014853
4	0.0077977
5	0.0291115	
0.0386008

8.6 The following table gives the binomial probabilities.

The probabilities of innocent for 9, 8, 7 are:

0.2665677	= 0.00026 + ... + 0.16722
0.4059136	=0.00066 + ... + 0.23224
0.289792	= 0.00164 + ... + 0.19354

So, should go for 8 judges.

	0.6	0.6	0.6	
9	8	7
0	0.00026	0.00066	0.00164
1	0.00354	0.00786	0.01720
2	0.02123	0.04129	0.07741
3	0.07432	0.12386	0.19354
4	0.16722	0.23224	0.29030
5	0.25082	0.27869	0.26127
6	0.25082	0.20902	0.13064
7	0.16124	0.08958	0.02799
8	0.06047	0.01680	0.00000
9	0.01008	0.00000	0.00000

8.8(a) Prob(1) = 4*(.2)*(.8)^3 =0.4096

(b) E(X) = 0.4096*75 =30.72

Std Dev = sqrt(n*p*(1-p)) =4.258766

(c) Probabilities and expected #s are given.

It suggests that either nobody gets sick or 3 or 4 get sick.

Maybe some rooms don't get exposed, while most of the

patients who get exposed get sick. (p=0.83?)

0	0.40960	30.72	3
1	0.40960	30.72	2
2	0.15360	11.52	5
3	0.02560	1.92	17
4	0.00160	0.12	20

8.13 (a)

x	p(x)
0	0.8836116
1	0.1128015
2	0.0035622
3	2.474E-05

(b) Skip

(c) Reject for 2 or 3. Prob = .003562+2.5e-5 =0.0035869

8.14 n=5 is smallest where Prob(0 males)+Prob(0 fem) < 0.10

n	No males	No fem.	SUM	Prob	
C(3,n)	C(7,n)		/C(10,n)
2	3	21	24	0.5333333
3	1	35	36	0.3
4	0	35	35	0.1666667
5	0	21	21	0.0833333
6	0	7	7	0.0333333
7	0	1	1	0.0083333

8.16 (a) Exact hypergeometric probabilities

N
40	15	8
x	Hyper	Binomial
0	0.0140638	0.0232831
1	0.0937589	0.1117587
2	0.2417993	0.2346933
3	0.3143391	0.2816319
4	0.2245279	0.211224
5	0.0898112	0.1013875
6	0.0195242	0.0304163
7	0.0020919	0.0052142
8	8.368E-05	0.0003911
SUM(5-8)	0.1115109	0.137409

(b)

100	15	8
x	Hyper	Binomial
0	0.2586117	0.2724905
1	0.3978642	0.3846925
2	0.2467765	0.2376042
3	0.0802024	0.0838603
4	0.0148523	0.0184986
5	0.0015939	0.0026116
6	9.602E-05	0.0002304
7	2.939E-06	1.162E-05
8	3.458E-08	2.563E-07
SUM(5-8)	0.0016929	0.0028539

(c)

150	15	8
0	0.4213107	0.4304672
1	0.3949788	0.3826375
2	0.1500307	0.1488035
3	0.0300061	0.0330674
4	0.0034358	0.0045927
5	0.0002291	0.0004082
6	8.611E-06	2.268E-05
7	1.652E-07	7.2E-07
8	1.224E-09	1E-08
SUM(5-8)	0.0002378	0.0004317

8.17 (a)

				Hyper	Bin.
300	135	12	6	0.2163025	0.2123847

(b)

7	0.1494805	0.1489451
8	0.074276	0.0761651
9	0.0258794	0.0276964
10	0.0060015	0.0067982
11	0.0008317	0.0010113
12	5.209E-05	6.895E-05
Pr(7-12)	0.2565212	0.2606851

8.18 (a) 2=lambda

x	p(x)	F(x)
0	0.1353353	0.1353353
1	0.2706706	0.4060058
2	0.2706706	0.6766764
3	0.180447	0.8571235
4	0.0902235	0.947347

Prob(X>=4) = 1-F(3) =0.1428765

(b) $200

(c) $100 or $200

(d) Avg cost @ $25/car = 25*2=$50

However, about 1/3 of the time, it will cost more @ $25/car

8.21 (a)

2=lambda

X	p(x)	Y	p(y)	E(Y) = 1.782
0	0.1353353	0	0.1353353	0
1	0.2706706	1	0.2706706	0.2706706
2	0.2706706	2	0.2706706	0.5413412
3	0.180447	3	0.3233236	0.9699707
4	0.0902235	3		1.7819824
5	0.0360894	3

8.26 Geometric, p=0.05

(a) E(X) = 1/p = 20

(b) P(X<=10) = F(10) = 1-(1-p)^10 =0.4012631

(c) F(x) = 1/2; 0.95^x=0.5

x=ln(0.5)/ln(0.95) =13.513407

x	p(x)	F(x)
1	0.05	0.05
2	0.0475	0.0975
3	0.045125	0.142625
4	0.0428688	0.1854938
5	0.0407253	0.2262191
6	0.038689	0.2649081
7	0.0367546	0.3016627
8	0.0349169	0.3365796
9	0.033171	0.3697506
10	0.0315125	0.4012631
11	0.0299368	0.4311999
12	0.02844	0.4596399
13	0.027018	0.4866579
14	0.0256671	0.512325
15	0.0243837	0.5367088
16	0.0231646	0.5598733
17	0.0220063	0.5818797

8.29 (a) Neg bin, p=0.5, r=

x	p(x)		F(x)
2	0.25		0.25
3	0.25		0.5
4	0.1875		0.6875
5	0.125		0.8125
6	0.078125	0.890625
7	0.046875	0.9375
8	0.0273438	0.9648437
9	0.015625	0.9804687

P(X=6)= 0.078125

P(X>3)= 0.25

P(X<=6)= 0.890625

(b) E(X)=2/p=4

(c) Most likely is 4

(d) E(boys)=E(children)-2 girls = 4-2 = 2

8.31 Neg bin, p=0.10, r=2

x	p(x)	F(x)
2	0.01	0.01
3	0.018	0.028
4	0.0243	0.0523
5	0.02916	0.08146
6	0.032805	0.114265
7	0.0354294	0.1496944
8	0.0372009	0.1868953
9	0.0382638	0.225159
10	0.038742	0.2639011
11	0.038742	0.3026431
12	0.0383546	0.3409977
13	0.0376573	0.378655
14	0.0367158	0.4153709
15	0.0355861	0.450957
16	0.0343152	0.4852722
17	0.0329426	0.5182148
18	0.0315013	0.5497161
19	0.0300189	0.579735
20	0.028518	0.608253
21	0.027017	0.63527

P(X=6)=0.032805

P(X<=6)=0.114265

P(X>4)=0.9477

(b) E(X)=2/p=20

E(bad)=20-2=18

(c) Median=16.5

(d) P(X>20)=0.391747

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Gary Fowlergof@usna.navy.mil

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