Midsem

Monday, 8 July 2019

3:01 PM

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Suppose Xand Yare independent random variables with E (X) 
What is the expected value of W? 
= -2, Var(X) = 9, E (Y) = -4 Var(Y) 
5and that W 
-3X+2Y_ 
Incorrect 
Your Answer: 
Correct Answer: 
-2±0.01 
What is the standard deviation of W? (Please write to 2 decimal places) 
Your Answer: 
Correct Answer: 
Incorrect 
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—4 
ans 
-2 
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* 9 + (2)A2 5) 
ans 
10.0499

 

 

Machine generated alternative text:
Question 2: Score 0/4 
In the daily production of a certain kind of rope, the number of defects per 10 metres Y is 
umed to have a Poisson distribution With mean 7_6_ 
a) Assume that you randomly select a 10 metre length of rope. use Matlab to find (to 
three decimal places) the probability that this rope contains at least 7 defects. 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
0.6354±0.002 
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b) The profit per 10 metres when the rope is sold is given by X (in S) and depends on the 
number of defects according to the following expression : 
Find the expected profit per 10 metres (to two decimal places). 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
6.5464±0.01 
Total grade: o_0X1/2 + o_0X1/2 = + 
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Machine generated alternative text:
ans 
sum (poisspdf ( [O: 6] , 7 . 6) ) 
0.6354

 

 

var(y) + 
x - 30 
30 - 
30 - 
7.6 - 0.01 
ans — 
6.5464 
0.01 E(Yh2) 
(7.6 + 7.6*2)

 

 

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Given Z N(O, I) use Matlab to calculate a value c such that > c) = 0.059. Give 
ur answer to three decimal places. 
Your response 
Grade: 0/10 
o 
Total grade: 0.0*1/1 = 
Feedback 
Correct response 
1.563±0.001 
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1.5632

 

 

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Given Z NCO, 1) use Matlab to calculate a value c such that PC—c < Z < c) 
answer to three decimal places. 
0.902. Give your 
O 
Your response 
Grade: _O 
Correct response 
1.655±0.001 
Total grade: 0_0x1/1 
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>> 
>> 
ans 
0.902 
1.6546 
1 
(0.902 + 1)/2 
+ 1)/2)

 

 

 

Machine generated alternative text:
A manufacturer produces bolts that are specified to be between 12 and 125 cm in diameter. Its 
production process results in a bolt's diameter being normally distributed with mean 1225 cm. 
a) the standard deviation of a bolt's diameter is = 0.01 cm, what proportion of bolts will not 
meet specifications? Give your answer to three decimal places. 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
0.012±0.005 
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b) What is the maximum allowable value of that will permit no more than 1 of the bolts to be 
outside specifications? Give your answer to four decimal places 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
0.0097±1+4 
Total grade: o_0X1/2 + o_0X1/2 = + 
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2.5000 
z2 — 
(1.25 
2.5000 
1.225) 
/ 0.01 
normcdf (zl) 
(normcdf (z2) - 
0.0124 
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>> 
0.4950 
O.S + .4950 
o. 9950 
0.5 - 
ans = 
.4950 
0.0051) 
-2.5758 
1.225) /2.5758 
2.57 se 
(1.25 - 
ans — 
o. 0097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preventing fatigue crack propagation in aircraft structures is an imponant element of aircraft safety. An 
engineenng study to investigate tatigue crack in 20 cyclically loaded wing boxes reported the following 
crack 
lengths (in mm): 
0.39, 11.15, 271, 2.85, 9.31, 620, 0.90, 1.03, 4.35, 1.90, 020, 4.91, 1.09, 1.82, 1.91, 11.89, 0.52, 7.96, 
289, 0.20 
a Find the average crack length (to three decnlal places)

 

Find the standard deviation of crack length (to three decimal places)

 

c. Find the five-number summary for these observations (to two decimal places)

 

d. Construct a visual display Of the data. Which description best matches the distribution Of crack 
ength:

 

 

 

data = [0.39, 
mean (data) 
3.7090 
std (data) 
3.6994 
quantile (data, 
11.15, 
2.71, 
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ans = 
0.2000 
0.9650 
2.3100 
2.85, 
9.31, 
s. ssso 
6.20, 
11.8900 
histogram (data) 
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Question 2: Score 0/4 
The amount of time that a mobile phone will work without having to be recharged is a random 
variable having the Exponential distribution with mean 32 days. 
a) Find (to three decimal places) the probabilty that such a mobile phone will have to be 
recharged less than 16 days. 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
0.3742±0.002 
b) Suppose a new model ot phone has probability D 2994 ot needing to be recharged in 
than I .5 days. We have 16 Of these new phones, all put in usage on the same day 
and working independently ot each other. 
use Matlab to find (to three decimal places) the probability that at least 6 Of them Will 
O 
have to be recharged in es than 1 days. 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
0.3382±0.002

 

expcdf ( I. S, 
ans 
0-3742 
3.2)

 

 

0.3382

 

 

 



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Question 4: Score 0/4 
Diameters of the trees in a forest are normally distributed with mean = 380 cm and standard 
eviatlon a = 6.0 cm. The trees that can be used as timber must have specific Size. The 
lameters must lie in the interval [24.8, 51 2] cm in order to be used as timber. 
) In the forest, what fraction of trees cannot be used as timber? Give your answer to three 
ecimal places. 
Correct response 
0.028±0.005 
O 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
b) To what value must the standard deviationa be reduced is required that 984% of the 
rees can be used as timber? Give your answer to two decimal places. 
O 
Your response 
Grade: 0/1.0 
Correct response 
5.48±0.01 
Total grade: o_0X1/2 + o_0X1/2 = + 
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>> (51.2-38)/6 
ans 
-2.2)) 
ans 
2.2000 
(normcdf (2 . 2) 
0.0278 
normcdf ( 
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ans 
ans 
98.4/100/2 
0.4920 
0.0080 
.5 
98 .4/100/2 
>> norminv(.5 
ans 
-2.4089 
51.2 
ans 
13.2000 
(51.2 
ans 
5.4797 
38 
38) 
98 .4/100/2) 
2.4089 

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Question 2: Score 0/4 
power grid has 80 solar collectors as part of its energy production On a given day, a solar collector has a 8% 
chance If a collector fails it is removed from the grid for the rest ofthe day 
a) Use Matlab to find (to three decimal places) the chance that there are at least 76 solar collectors working 
bythe end of a given day 
Your response 
Grade: 
Correct response 
0.2235±0.002 
o 
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b) The amount of daily power that the solar collectors generate, Y (in kWh), depends on the number of 
working solar collectors each day, X, in the following wau/ 
Y = 45*X-04W2 
Find the expected power output that the solar collectors will generate on a given day to the nearest kWtm 
Your response 
Correct response 
1 143±1 
Grade: 
o 
Total grade: CLOx1/2 
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Untitled picture.png Question 4: Score 4/4 
onsider resistors with a nominal resistance of 30 kiloohms, and which are required to be within 611% ofthis value, that is, within 2,820 to 3,180 ohms Assume the resistance is normally distributed around the nominal 
a) Ifthe standard deviation ofthe resistance ofthese resistors is go ohms, what proportion ofthem are within the specifications? Answer to three decimal places 
Your response 
0Æ545 
Grade: 1/111 
Correct response 
e 
e 
b) To what value must this standard deviation be reduced (in ohms) if it is required that ggs% ofthe resistors are within specifications? Answer to one decimal place 
Your response 
641254 
Correct response 
Grade: 1/111 
e 
Total grade: 1 
Feedback: 
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>> binocdf (4, 
ans 
0.2235 
80, 
0.0B) 
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.92 -k 80; 
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80 0.92 0.0B; 
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1.1429+03
Untitled picture.png Question 4: Score 4/4 
onsider resistors with a nominal resistance of 30 kiloohms, and which are required to be within 611% ofthis value, that is, within 2,820 to 3,180 ohms Assume the resistance is normally distributed around the nominal 
a) Ifthe standard deviation ofthe resistance ofthese resistors is go ohms, what proportion ofthem are within the specifications? Answer to three decimal places 
Your response 
0Æ545 
Grade: 1/111 
Correct response 
e 
e 
b) To what value must this standard deviation be reduced (in ohms) if it is required that ggs% ofthe resistors are within specifications? Answer to one decimal place 
Your response 
641254 
Correct response 
Grade: 1/111 
e 
Total grade: 1 
Feedback: 


Untitled picture.png Question 2: Score 0/4 
uppose the number of cyclones Y near Porpoise Spit has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 1 88 per year 
a) For a randomly selected year, use Matlab to find (to three decimal places) the probability that there are at least 3 cyclones 
Your response 
08781 
Grade: 
Correct response 
0.2909±0.002 
o 
o 
b) Property damage (in millions of dollars) in the Porpoise Spit area, per year, is given by X and it depends on the number of cyclones according to the following expression 
Find, to two decimal places, the expected damage per year (in millions of dollarsh 
Your response 
3Æ160 
Correct response 
4.03056±0.01 
Grade: 
o 
Total grade: 
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Untitled picture.png Question 2: Score 2/4 
e number of machine failures per month in a certain plant has a Poisson distribution with mean equal to 35 Present facilities at the plant can repair 4 machines per month If any additional machines fail then they are 
repaired by an outside contractor 
a) Use Matlab to find the probability, on a given month, that the contractor is required to work in the plant. Give your answer to three decimal places 
o 
e 
Your response 
04634 
Grade: 
b) The cost (in thousands of dollars) to the plant of machine failures can be approximated as: 
x = 15+g*Y+YA2 
Find (to one decimal place) the expected cost of machine failures per month (in thousands of dollarsh 
Your response 
622500 
Grade: 1/111 
Correct response 
0.2746±0.002 
Correct response 
62.25±0.1 
o 
Total grade: coxl/2+ 1 
Feedback:
Untitled picture.png Question 2: Score 2/4 
e number of machine failures per month in a certain plant has a Poisson distribution with mean equal to 35 Present facilities at the plant can repair 4 machines per month If any additional machines fail then they are 
repaired by an outside contractor 
a) Use Matlab to find the probability, on a given month, that the contractor is required to work in the plant. Give your answer to three decimal places 
o 
e 
Your response 
04634 
Grade: 
b) The cost (in thousands of dollars) to the plant of machine failures can be approximated as: 
x = 15+g*Y+YA2 
Find (to one decimal place) the expected cost of machine failures per month (in thousands of dollarsh 
Your response 
622500 
Grade: 1/111 
Correct response 
0.2746±0.002 
Correct response 
62.25±0.1 
o 
Total grade: coxl/2+ 1 
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(normcdf (2) 
ans 
o. 9545 
normcdf (—2) )

 

 

ans 
o. 995/2 
o. 0025 
>> norminv (O 
ans 
-2.8070 
.0025) 
ans 
(3180-3000)/2.807 
64 .1254

 

 

poisscdf (2, 1.88) 
ans = 
o. 2909

 

 

> > 1 十 1 · 9 * 1 · 88 
4 · 0 3 0 6

 

 

>> 1—poisscdf(4,3.5) 
ans 
o. 2746

 

 

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