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    This document is a 4 question mathematics test covering probability concepts. It includes: 1) Calculating the probability of randomly selecting 3 suspects from a group of 9 people. 2) Modeling the probability of a couple having their second boy as their fifth child and the probability that a telephone switchboard cannot handle all incoming calls in a given minute. 3) Determining the amount a company should budget weekly to maintain a 0.15 probability of exceeding the budget, given maintenance costs follow a normal distribution. 4) Several parts calculating expectations and variance of random variables, and obtaining a cumulative distribution function.

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    This document is a 4 question mathematics test covering probability concepts. It includes: 1) Calculating the probability of randomly selecting 3 suspects from a group of 9 people. 2) Modeling the probability of a couple having their second boy as their fifth child and the probability that a telephone switchboard cannot handle all incoming calls in a given minute. 3) Determining the amount a company should budget weekly to maintain a 0.15 probability of exceeding the budget, given maintenance costs follow a normal distribution. 4) Several parts calculating expectations and variance of random variables, and obtaining a cumulative distribution function.

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    Curtin University of Technology

    Department of Mathematics and Statistics

    MATH2007
    TEST 4 – May 2015

    Duration: 45 minutes

    SET 1

    Note: Answer all the questions. Show all the workings clearly. An answer without the
    method will carry only a few marks.

    Total marks: 30

    NAME:____________________________________________________________________

    STUDENT NUMBER:_______________________________________________________

    TUTORIAL: _______________________________________________________________

    Marks Q1

    Q2

    Q3

    Q4
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    Total
    Question 1:
    Consider a case with 3 suspects who committed a burglary and 6 innocent persons lining up.
    What is the probability that a witness who is not sure and has to pick three persons will pick
    the three suspects by a chance?
    (4 marks)
    Question 2:
    (a) A couple decides that they will continue to have children until they have two boys.
    Assume that the couple has an equal chance of conceiving a boy or a girl. Calculate the
    probability that their second boy is their fifth child. Define clearly your random variable and
    indicate your model.
    (4 marks)

    (b) A telephone switchboard receives, on average, 150 calls an hour but can make only 4
    connections during a given minute. Determine the probability that the switchboard cannot
    handle all incoming calls in a given minute.
    (4 marks)
    Question 3: The weekly amount spent for maintenance in an electronic company can be
    modelled as a normal distribution with mean $300 and a standard deviation of $10. Calculate
    the amount that the company should be budgeted weekly so that the probability that the
    budgeted amount will be exceeded is only 0.15.

    (Note: the standard normal table is in the last page of the test)
    (4 marks)
    Question 4: The probability density function of a random variable X is given by

     2 1  x  , 0  x  1
    f  x  
    0, otherwise

    (a) Obtain E  e X  (4 marks)

    (b) Given E  X 2   . Calculate Var(X) .


    1
    6
    (4 marks)
    (c) Obtain the cumulative distribution function for random variable Y  e2 X .
    (6 marks)

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