Chapter 5: Joint Probability Distributions and Random Samples
Q5E
Question: The number of customers waiting for gift-wrap service at a department store is an rv X with possible values \({\rm{0,1,2,3,4}}\)and corresponding probabilities \({\rm{.1,}}{\rm{.2,}}{\rm{.3,}}{\rm{.25,}}{\rm{.15}}{\rm{.}}\)A randomly selected customer will have \({\rm{1,2}}\),or \({\rm{3}}\) packages for wrapping with probabilities \({\rm{.6,}}{\rm{.3,}}\)and \({\rm{.1,}}\)respectively. Let \({\rm{Y = }}\)the total number of packages to be wrapped for the customers waiting in line (assume that the number of packages submitted by one customer is independent of the number submitted by any other customer).
a. Determine \({\rm{P(X = 3,Y = 3)}}\), i.e., \({\rm{P(3,3)}}\).
b. Determine \({\rm{p(4,11)}}\).
Q60E
Refer back to Example, Two cars with six-cylinder engines and three with four-cylinder engines are to be driven over a \(300\)-mile course. Let \({X_1}, . . . {X_5}\)denote the resulting fuel efficiencies (mpg). Consider the linear combination
\(Y = \left( {{X_1} + {X_2}} \right)/2 - \left( {{X_3} + {X_4} + {X_5}} \right)/3\)
which is a measure of the difference between four-cylinder and six-cylinder vehicles. Compute \(P\left( {0 \le Y} \right)\)and\(P(Y > - 2)\).
Q62E
The manufacture of a certain component requires three different machining operations. Machining time for each operation has a normal distribution, and the three times are independent of one another. The mean values are\(15,\;30,\;20\)min, respectively, and the standard deviations are\(1,\;2,\;1.5\)min, respectively. What is the probability that it takes at most\(1\)hour of machining time to produce a randomly selected component?
Q65E
Suppose that when the pH of a certain chemical compound is\(5.00\), the pH measured by a randomly selected beginning chemistry student is a random variable with a mean of\(5.00\)and a standard deviation .2. A large batch of the compound is subdivided and a sample is given to each student in a morning lab and each student in an afternoon lab. Let\(X = \)the average pH as determined by the morning students and\(Y = \)the average pH as determined by the afternoon students.
a. If pH is a normal variable and there are\(25\)students in each lab, compute\(P\left( { - .1 \le X - Y \le - .1} \right)\)
b. If there are\(36\)students in each lab, but pH determinations are not assumed normal, calculate (approximately)\(P\left( { - .1 \le X - Y \le - .1} \right)\).
Q66E
If two loads are applied to a cantilever beam as shown in the accompanying drawing, the bending moment at \({\rm{0}}\) due to the loads is \({{\rm{a}}_{\rm{1}}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + }}{{\rm{a}}_{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ }}\)

a. Suppose that \({{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ and }}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ }}\)are independent rv鈥檚 with means \({\rm{2 and 4kip}}\), respectively, and standard deviations \({\rm{.5}}\) and \({\rm{1}}{\rm{.0kip}}\), respectively. If \({{\rm{a}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ = 5ft and }}{{\rm{a}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 10ft }}\), what is the expected bending moment and what is the standard deviation of the bending moment?
b. If \({{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ and }}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ }}\)are normally distributed, what is the probability that the bending moment will exceed 75 kip-ft?
c. Suppose the positions of the two loads are random variables. Denoting them by \({{\rm{A}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ and }}{{\rm{A}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ }}\), assume that these variables have means of \({\rm{5 and 10ft }}\), respectively, that each has a standard deviation of \({\rm{.5}}\), and that all are independent of one another. What is the expected moment now?
d. For the situation of part (c), what is the variance of the bending moment?
e. If the situation is as described in part (a) except that \({\rm{Corr}}\left( {{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{,}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}} \right){\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.5}}\) (so that the two loads are not independent), what is the variance of the bending moment?
Q6E
Let \({\rm{X}}\) denote the number of Canon SLR cameras sold during a particular week by a certain store. The pmf of \({\rm{X}}\) is

Sixty percent of all customers who purchase these cameras also buy an extended warranty. Let \({\rm{Y}}\) denote the number of purchasers during this week who buy an extended warranty.
a. What is\({\rm{P(X = 4,Y = 2)}}\)? (Hint: This probability equals\({\rm{P(Y = 2}}\mid {\rm{X = 4) \times P(X = 4)}}\); now think of the four purchases as four trials of a binomial experiment, with success on a trial corresponding to buying an extended warranty.)
b. Calculate\({\rm{P(X = Y)}}\).
c. Determine the joint pmf of \({\rm{X}}\) and \({\rm{Y}}\)then the marginal pmf of\({\rm{Y}}\).
Q73E
Suppose the expected tensile strength of type-A steel is \({\rm{105ksi}}\)and the standard deviation of tensile strength is \({\rm{8ksi}}\). For type-B steel, suppose the expected tensile strength and standard deviation of tensile strength are \({\rm{100ksi}}\)and \({\rm{6ksi}}\), respectively. Let \({\rm{\bar X = }}\)the sample average tensile strength of a random sample of \({\rm{40}}\) type-A specimens, and let \({\rm{\bar Y = }}\)the sample average tensile strength of a random sample of \({\rm{35}}\)type-B specimens.
a. What is the approximate distribution of \({\rm{\bar X ? of \bar Y?}}\)
b. What is the approximate distribution of \({\rm{\bar X - \bar Y}}\)? Justify your answer.
c. Calculate (approximately) \(P( - 1拢\bar X - \bar Y拢1)\)
d. Calculate. If you actually observed , would you doubt that \({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ - }}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 5?}}\)
Q74E
In an area having sandy soil,\({\rm{50}}\)small trees of a certain type were planted, and another \({\rm{50}}\) trees were planted in an area having clay soil. Let \({\rm{X = }}\) the number of trees planted in sandy soil that survive \({\rm{1}}\) year and \({\rm{Y = }}\)the number of trees planted in clay soil that survive \({\rm{1}}\) year. If the probability that a tree planted in sandy soil will survive \({\rm{1}}\)year is \({\rm{.7}}\)and the probability of \({\rm{1}}\)-year survival in clay soil is \({\rm{.6}}\), compute an approximation to \({\rm{P( - 5拢 X - Y拢 5)}}\) (do not bother with the continuity correction).
Q75SE
A restaurant serves three fixed-price dinners costing \({\rm{12, 15and 20}}\). For a randomly selected couple dining at this restaurant, let \({\rm{X = }}\)the cost of the man鈥檚 dinner and \({\rm{Y = }}\)the cost of the woman鈥檚 dinner. The joint \({\rm{pmf's}}\) of \({\rm{X and Y }}\)is given in the following table:
a. Compute the marginal \({\rm{pmf's}}\)of \({\rm{X and Y }}\)
b. What is the probability that the man鈥檚 and the woman鈥檚 dinner cost at most \({\rm{15}}\)each?
c. Are \({\rm{X and Y }}\)independent? Justify your answer.
d. What is the expected total cost of the dinner for the two people?
e. Suppose that when a couple opens fortune cookies at the conclusion of the meal, they find the message 鈥淵ou will receive as a refund the difference between the cost of the more expensive and the less expensive meal that you have chosen.鈥 How much would the restaurant expect to refund?
Q77SE
A health-food store stocks two different brands of a certain type of grain. Let \(X = \)the amount (lb) of brand A on hand and \(Y = \)the amount of brand B on hand. Suppose the joint pdf of X and Y is
\(f(x,y) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{kxy\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x \ge 0,\;y \ge 0,\;20 \le x + y \le 30}\\{0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;otherwise}\end{array}} \right\}\)
a. Draw the region of positive density and determine the value of k.
b. Are X and Y independent? Answer by first deriving the marginal pdf of each variable.
c. Compute \(P\left( {X + Y \le 25} \right)\).
d. What is the expected total amount of this grain on hand?
e. Compute \(Cov\left( {X, Y} \right)\)and\(Corr\left( {X, Y} \right)\).
f. What is the variance of the total amount of grain on hand?