In: Statistics and Probability
2.) Suppose that the number of requests for assistance received by a towing service is a Poisson process with rate a = 6 per hour.
a.) Find the expected value and variance of the number of requests in 30 minutes. Then compute the probability that there is at most one request in 30 minute interval.
b.) What is the probability that more than 20 minutes elapse between two successive requests? Clearly state the random variable of interest using the context of the problem and what probability distribution it follows.
3.) Certain ammeters are produced under the specification that its gauge readings are normally distributed with main 1 amp and variance 0.04 amp^2, respectively.
a.) What is the probability that a gauge reading from the test is more than 1.15 amp?
b.) Find the value of a gauge reading of an ammeter such that 20% of ammeters would have higher readings than that. In other words, find the 80-th percentile of gauge readings.
4. ) Suppose that a quality control engineer believes that the manufacturing process is flawed and wishes to estimate the true mean gauge reading. The engineer samples 130 of these ammeters and measures their gauge readings. From these, the engineer obtains the mean and standard deviation of 1.1 amp and 0.18 amp, respectively. Calculate and interpret a 98% confidence interval for the true mean gauge reading.