MATH 214 Probability and Statistics for Business Majors

Dr. Ed Donley

Answers to Problems

 

2.3 a)

Frequency Distribution

Years

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Frequency

8

7

6

4

4

2

0

0

1

 

Relative Frequency Distribution

Years

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Relative Frequency

.25

.22

.19

.13

.13

.06

0

0

.03

 

Cumulative Distribution

Years

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Frequency

8

15

21

25

29

31

31

31

32

 

Cumulative Relative Distribution

Years

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Frequency

.25

.47

.66

.78

.91

.97

.97

.07

1.00

 

c)         17,  .53

d)         29,  .91

 

2.17     Sample A: x = 10, s2 = 25, s = 5

            Sample B: x = 10, s2 = 25, s = 5

2.20     above 80

 

2.21     84%.  If the salary distribution is bell-shaped, 97.5%.

 

3.10     a) 0.10

            b) 0.10

            c) 0.50

            d) 0.40

 

5.8      

x

0

1

2

3

4

P(x)

1/16

4/16

6/16

4/16

1/16

 

m = 2, s2 = 1, s = 1

 

5.26     a) 0.4305

            b) 7.2

            c) 0.30

 

5.33     a) 0.40745

            b) 0.18411

            c) 0.09963

 

6.18          a) .1587

b) .0668

c) .0122

d) .8413

e) .9332

f) .9878

g) .1587

h) .0668

i)                    .0122

j) .1465

k) .0919

l) .7745

m) .7745

 

6.19          a) .8413

b) .7881

c) .0532

d) .4772

e) .1498

 

6.20          a) s = 10

b) s = 10

c) m = 20 or m = 30

d) s = 11.36

 

6.23          P(30 < x) = .1036

P(35 < x) = .0301

P(x < 15) = .2643

P(15 < x < 25) = .4714

 

6.24          a) .7483

b) .0918

 

6.25          60 in statistics is equivalent to 76 in accounting.

80 in accounting corresponds to z = 1.11 and 65 in statistics corresponds to z = 1, so the accounting score is higher.

 

6.28     0.0488 feet

 

7.23     a) P(xbar > 18.75) = 0.50, P(xbar > 19.00) = 0..3897, P(xbar > 19.50) = 0..3033

            b) 894

 

7.24     a) 0.1075

            b) 894

 

8.14          a) [17.84, 28.56];  [-infinity, 27.55];  [18.85, infinity]

b) [96.72, 105.28];  [-infinity, 104.29];  [97.71, infinity]

c) [-9.4, 14.6];  [-infinity, 9.96];  [-4.76, infinity]

d) [483.3, 550.7];  [-infinity, 545.2];  [488.8, infinity]

 

8.15          [65.21, 79.67]

 

8.18     102, 0.505

 

8.19          a) [46.41, 63.31]

b) [-infinity, 61.12]

c) [48.60, infinity]

 

8.22     a) No.  [-8.78, 24.78]

            b) Any confidence level above 80%.

 

10.4     113 miles