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Nonpoint source loads are chemical masses that travel to the main stem of a river and its tributaries in flows that are distributed over relatively long stream reaches, in contrast to those that enter at well-defined and regulated points. The article 鈥淎ssessing Uncertainty in Mass Balance Calculation of River Nonpoint Source Loads鈥 (J. of Envir. Engr., \({\rm{2008: 247 - 258}}\)) suggested that for a certain time period and location, \({\rm{X = }}\)nonpoint source load of total dissolved solids could be modeled with a lognormal distribution having mean value \({\rm{10,281}}\)kg/day/km and a coefficient of variation \({\rm{CV = }}{\rm{.40(CV = }}{{\rm{\sigma }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{/}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{)}}{\rm{. }}\)

a. What are the mean value and standard deviation of \({\rm{In(X)}}\)?

b. What is the probability that \({\rm{X}}\) is at most \({\rm{15,000kg/day/km?}}\)

c. What is the probability that \({\rm{X}}\) exceeds its mean value, and why is this probability not \({\rm{.5}}\)?

d. Is \({\rm{17,000}}\)the \({\rm{95th}}\) percentile of the distribution?

Short Answer

Expert verified

a). \({\rm{\mu = 9}}{\rm{.1638429,\sigma = 0}}{\rm{.385253}}\)

b). \({\rm{P(X\pounds15000) = 0}}{\rm{.8790 = 87}}{\rm{.90\% }}\)

c). \({\rm{P(X > \mu ) = 0}}{\rm{.4247 = 42}}{\rm{.47\% }}\)

The mean of the lognormal distribution is not symmetric.

d). No

Step by step solution

01

Definition of probability

The proportion of the total number of conceivable outcomes to the number of options in an exhaustive collection of equally likely outcomes that cause a given occurrence.

02

 Determining the mean value and standard deviation of \({\rm{In(X) }}\)

Given that \({\rm{X}}\)follows a lognormal distribution,

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = 10281}}}\\{{\rm{CV = 0}}{\rm{.40}}}\end{array}\)

  1. The standard deviation is the product of the mean and the coefficient of variation, so the standard deviation is the product of the mean and the coefficient of variation:

\({\rm{\sigma = \mu CV = 10281(0}}{\rm{.40) = 4112}}{\rm{.4}}\)

The following equations have been used to calculate the mean and variance of \({\rm{ln(X)}}\) (with \({\rm{X}}\)being a lognormal distribution):

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{E(X) = }}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{/2}}}}}\\{{\rm{V(X) = }}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right)}\end{array}\)

The variance is the square of the standard deviation \({\rm{4112}}{\rm{.4}}\)and the mean is \({\rm{10281}}\):

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{/2}}}}{\rm{ = 10281}}}\\{{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right){\rm{ = 4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}}\end{array}\)

Take each side of the equation's natural logarithm:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{ln}}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{/2}}}}{\rm{ = ln10281}}}\\{{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right)} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}}\end{array}\)

Make use of the logarithm's property \({\rm{ln}}{{\rm{e}}^{\rm{b}}}{\rm{ = b}}\):

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu + }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = ln10281}}}\\{{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2\mu + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right)} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}}\end{array}\)

Solve the first equation for \({\rm{\mu }}\)and substitute this expression for \({\rm{\mu }}\)in the second equation:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2ln10281 - }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ + }}{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right)} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}}\end{array}\)

Reduce the second equation to:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2ln10281}}}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right)} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}}\end{array}{\rm{ }}\)

A product's logarithm is the sum of its logarithms:

\({\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}\)

\({\rm{ln}}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{2ln10281}}}}{\rm{ + ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}\)

Make use of the logarithm's property \({\rm{ln}}{{\rm{e}}^{\rm{b}}}{\rm{ = b}}\):

\({\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}\)

\({\rm{2ln10281 + ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}\)

\({\rm{2ln10281}}\)is subtracted from each side of the equation:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1}}} \right){\rm{ = ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}\end{array}\)

Use \({{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{lnb}}}}{\rm{ = b}}\) to take the exponential of either side of the second equation.

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ - 1 = }}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}}}\end{array}\)

To the second equation, add 1 to each side:

\({\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}\)

\({{\rm{e}}^{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ = }}{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}}{\rm{ + 1}}\)

Take each side of the second equation's natural logarithm:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}}{\rm{ + 1}}} \right)}\end{array}\)

To solve the second equation, take the square root of each side:

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{{\rm{\sigma }}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}}\\{{\rm{\sigma = }}\sqrt {{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}}{\rm{ + 1}}} \right)} {\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.385253}}}\end{array}\)

Substitute \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.385253}}\)for \({\rm{\sigma }}\)in the first equation and evaluate:

\({\rm{\mu = ln10281 - }}\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.38525}}{{\rm{3}}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\rm{2}}}{\rm{\gg 9}}{\rm{.1638429}}\)

\({\rm{\sigma = }}\sqrt {{\rm{ln}}\left( {{{\rm{e}}^{{\rm{ln4112}}{\rm{.}}{{\rm{4}}^{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ - 2ln10281}}}}{\rm{ + 1}}} \right)} {\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.385253}}\)

The standard deviation is\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.385253}}{\rm{.}}\) while the mean of \({\rm{ln(X) is 9}}{\rm{.1638429 }}\)

03

Determining the probability that \({\rm{X}}\) is at most \({\rm{15,000kg/day/km}}\)

(b) The logarithm of the value reduced by the mean divided by the standard deviation is the \({\rm{z - }}\)score:

\({\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{lnx - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{ln15000 - 9}}{\rm{.1638429}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.385253}}}}{\rm{\gg 1}}{\rm{.17}}\)

Using the normal probability table in the appendix, calculate the corresponding probability:

\({\rm{P(X\pounds15000) = P(Z < 1}}{\rm{.17) = 0}}{\rm{.8790 = 87}}{\rm{.90\% }}\)

04

Determining the probability that \({\rm{X}}\) exceeds its mean value, and why is this probability not \({\rm{.5}}\)

(c) The\({\rm{z - }}\)score is calculated by dividing the logarithm of the value reduced by the mean by the standard deviation:

\({\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{lnx - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{ln10281 - 9}}{\rm{.1638429}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.385253}}}}{\rm{\gg 0}}{\rm{.19}}\)

Using the normal probability table in the appendix, calculate the corresponding probability:

\({\rm{P(X > \mu ) = 1 - P(X < 10281) = 1 - P(Z < 0}}{\rm{.19) = 1 - 0}}{\rm{.5753 = 0}}{\rm{.4247 = 42}}{\rm{.47\% }}\)

Because the lognormal distribution is not symmetric around its mean and consequently skewed, the probability is not equal to \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.5}}\).

05

Determining the \({\rm{17,000 is 95th}}\)percentile of the distribution?

(d) The \({\rm{95th}}\) percentile is the value below which \({\rm{95\% }}\)of all other values fall.

The logarithm of the value reduced by the mean, divided by the standard deviation, is the \({\rm{z - }}\)score:

\({\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{lnx - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{ln17000 - 9}}{\rm{.1638429}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.385253}}}}{\rm{\gg 1}}{\rm{.50}}\)

Using the normal probability table in the appendix, calculate the corresponding probability:

\({\rm{P(X\pounds17000) = P(Z < 1}}{\rm{.50) = 0}}{\rm{.9332 = 93}}{\rm{.32\% }}\)

Because the probability \({\rm{P(X\pounds17000)}}\) is not equal to \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.95}}\),\({\rm{17000 }}\)is not the \({\rm{95th}}\)percentile.

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