UNIT 2

1 .Given a standard normal distribution, find the area under the curve which lies
(a) to the left of a = 1.43; (b) to the right of z = -0.89:
(c) between z = 2.16 and z = 0.65; D) Z> the left of; = -1.39;
(e) to the: right of z = 1.90 : F) between z = -0.48 and z = 1.74 .
2. Find the value of z if the area under a standard normal curve
(a) to the right, of z is 0.3622; (b) to the left of a is 0.1131; (c) between 0 and z, with z
> 0, is 0.4838; (d) between z and z, with z > 0, is 0.9500.
3. Given the normally distributed variable X with mean 18 and standard deviation 2.5,
find
(a) P(X < 15):
(b) the value of k such that P(X < k) = 0.2236;
(c) the value of k such that P(X > k) = 0.1814;
(d) P(17 < X < 21).
4. Traces of toxic wastes from an unknown source are found in a stream. From tests
made on the water the mean concentration is found to be 1 mg/L. with a standar
deviation of 0.01 mg/L What is the probability that the concentration of the pollutant
will be in the range 0.52 mg/L assuming the distribution is normal?
5. The compressive strengths of concrete in have an estimated mean of 60.14
N/mm2 and a standard deviation of 5.02 N/mm2 and are assumed to be normally
distributed. What is the probability that in ten random tests the compressive strength
will be in the range 4575 N/mm2 ?
6. Suppose there is a weight restriction of
2900 kg for a ferryboat. Random tests carried out on a large number of incoming
passengers establish a mean weight of 75 kg per person and a standard deviation of
25 kg. What is the probability that the total weight of an incoming batch of
35 passengers will exceed the limit?
7. Monthly rainfalls in a locality are independent and identically distributed normal
variates with mean 20 cm and variance 12 cm2 . Determine the probability that 220
cm of rainfall occurs over a period of 6 months. What is the probability of having less
than 18 cm rainfall each month for a period of 6 months?
8. Annual rainfall is usually normally distributed over many river basins around the
world. In a particular catchment,annual rainfall X has a mean of 1000 mm and a
standard deviation of 200 mm. The annual runoff Y is related to the rainfall as follows:
Y = 100 + 0.4 X .
Specify the complete distribution of Y . What is the probability that Y will be less than
350 mm in a year?
9. A certain type of storage battery lasts, on average, 3.0 years with a standard
deviation of 0.5 year. Assuming that the battery lives are normally distributed, find
the probability that a given battery will last less than 2.3 years.
10. An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a life, before burn-out, that is
normally distributed with mean equal to 800 hours and a standard deviation of 40
hours. Find the probability that a bulb burns between 778 and 834 hours.