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QUESTION NO. 1
a b
C
Fig. 1
Calculate the probability that current can flow through the bank of
switches from a to b.
[5 marks]
(c) Conveyor belting for use in mines is tested for both strength and
safety. A testing station receives belting from three different
suppliers: 30% of its tests are carried out on samples of belting
from supplier A, 50% from B; 20% from C. From past experience
the probability of failing the strength test is 0.02 for a sample from
supplier A, 0.12 from B and 0.04 from C.
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QUESTION NO. 2
(b) The mean number of flaws per 100 metres of fabric produced on a
certain machine at Blanktown Fabrics is 3. If the flaws occur
randomly, find the probability that 200 metres of the fabric will
have fewer than three flaws.
[3 marks]
QUESTION NO. 3
77 67 63
71 62 59
74 63 59
67 57 54
Test the null hypothesis that the population mean operating costs
per mile are the same for these three types of cars at the 0.05 level
of significance.
[12 marks]
a ni
a
Ti 2 G 2 G2
SS Tr , T ij
2
SS X , SS E SS T SS Tr
i 1 ni N i 1 j 1 N
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QUESTION NO. 4
(a) Let Y1,Y2, ......Yn be a random sample with E (Yi ) = m and Var (Yi ) = 2 .
1 n
Show that V 2
n i 1
(Yi Y ) 2 is a biased estimator for 2 .
[3 marks]
[5 marks]
QUESTION NO. 5
(b) The mileage C in thousands which car owners get with a certain
kind of tyre is a random variable, X, having probability density
function
1 30x
x0
f ( x) 30 e
0 x0
Find E(X).
[4 marks]
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QUESTION NO. 6
Table 2
Monthly Natural Gas Thickness of Insulation Outdoor Temperature
Consumption (cubic feet), (inches), (0F),
Y X1 X2
30.3 6 40
26.9 12 40
22.1 8 49
(iii) .
(iv) Interpret the least squares estimate of the regression
parameters b1= -1.86.
Normal Equations
Y na b X 1 1 b2 X 2
X Y a X
1 1 b1 X 12 b2 X 1 X 2
X 2 Y a X 2 b1 X 1 X 2 b2 X 22
Test Statistic
bj Bj
tbj where j = 1, 2,…, k
sb j
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