MATH30-5 Final Exam Problem Set F

1. An engineer employed at an ongoing construction project in certain city is

anticipating a sudden drought and rise of temperature through a span of several
months. It is estimated that the maximum temperature in June is normally
distributed with a mean of 23° and a standard deviation of 5°. In order to
anticipate the amount of retardants he would need to utilise in their concrete mix,
in order for the mixture to not dry out, it is urgent for him to calculate the
number of days in this month in which it is expected to reach a maximum. Calculate
the amount of days within the month in which reaches temperatures between 21° and
27°. 



2. In the construction field, is it assumed that the standardised pressure of water
within pipes is µ = 120 Pa; without the pressure in these pipes, the water will not
flow, therefore could render the system useless or a liability. In a recent study
of the system pipeline pressures within the cities in America, a sample of n = 100
systems had an average pipe pressure of 130.1 Pa, with a standard deviation of
21.21 mm Hg. Is the sample significantly different (in regards to the pipeline
pressure) from the regular standardised value set? Use alpha = 0.05. Calculate the
95% confidence interval for the standardised water pressure of cities that passed
the required value. 



3. A recently purchased lot was in need of a contractor for constructing of a home
in a short period of time. When a man inquired at a local firm, they claimed that
the average standard deviation for a projected timeline needed in order to finish
constructing a small sized home is around 4.7 months. Accordingly, the population
variance is 22.09. The average standard deviation of the waiting time for separate
projects of 27 homes is 8.1 months. Correspondingly, the sample variance is 65.61.
Should this inquirer hire the firm or is the firm’s claim inaccurate? Use alpha =
0.05.



4. A high strength concrete is manufactured in a batch mixing process. Viscosity
measurements are normally made on each batch in order to assure quality, and long
experience with the process has indicated the viability in the process is fairly
stable with σ = 20. Fifteen batch viscosity measurements are give as follows: 724,
718, 776, 745, 759, 795, 756, 742, 740, 761, 749, 739, 747, 742. A process change
that involves switching the type of catalyst is used in the process is made.
Following the process change, eight batch viscosity measurements are taken: 735,
775, 729, 755, 783, 760, 738, 780. Assume that process variability is unaffected by
the catalyst change. If the difference in mean batch viscosity is 10 or less, the
manufacturer would like to detect it with a high probability. Formulate and test an
appropriate hypothesis using α = 0.10. What are your conclusions 



5. An article in the Journal of Structural Engineering describes an experiment to
test the integrity of columns as per its height to the force (KNewtons) it can
sustain. Estimate the correlation coefficient and test the hypothesis. Use α=0.05.




 Height 160 165 170 175 180 185

 Force 65.1 67.9 70.1 72.8 75.4 77.2


6. An engineer is curious in testing no named brand’s products in comparison to a
large company’s product and figures that the final standardised grade in the sample
test for concrete strength utilising of no named brand are as follows; A - 25%, B -
36%, C - 40%, D - 5%, E - 5%. At a single purchase of each brand’s concrete powder,
it is found the following numbers of grades were recorded.




 Brand A B C D E

 Number 42 36 60 14 8
Determine whether or not the grade distribution for the different concrete powders
are different than expected. Use traditional method at α = 0.01. 



7. An article reported a study of different condition of soil acidification that
affects the condition of cement: 


 Acidity % Condition Strength #

 50 100 60

 100 60 30


200 60 29



 400 25 15
Do the solution of acidity of soil differs in the percent condition and strength of
concrete? Use alpha = 0.05