a) (i). A manufacturer of metal pistons finds that on the
average, 12% of his pistons are
rejected because they are either oversize or undersize. What
is the probability that a
batch of 10 pistons will have not more than 2
rejections?
(ii). A company makes electric motors. The probability an
electric motor is defective
is 0.01. What is the probability that a sample of 300 electric
motors will contain
exactly 5 defective motors?
Q4(b) (i). The time in hours, during which an electrical
generator is operational is a random
variable that follows an exponential distribution with mean
180. What is the
probability that a generator of this type will be operational
for
(i) Less than 40 hours?
(ii) More than 200 hours?
(ii). For a medical study, a researcher wishes to select
people in the middle 50% of the
population based on blood pressure. Assuming that blood
pressure readings are
normally distributed and the mean systolic blood pressure is
122 and the standard
deviation is 9, find the upper and lower readings that would
qualify people to
participate in the study.