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MA362 Problem Set #4

1. The following data shows the fat content (expressed at percentage) of ostrich eggs
measured in a lab. Conduct a suitable test of hypothesis to determine if the data contradicts
the claim that the true mean fat content of ostrich eggs equals 50%. Fat content of samples
collected (in %) are: 62, 54, 34, 24, 80, 68, 76, 65, 30, 40, 43, 46, 58, 71, and 63. Assume
σ= 4.5, and use a level of significance of 0.05 for the analysis.
2. A normally distributed population of lemming body weights has a mean of 63.5 g and a
standard deviation of 12.2 g.
a. What proportion of this population is 78 g or larger?
b. What proportion of this population is 78 g or smaller?
c. If there are 1000 weights in the population, how many of them are 78 g or larger?
d. From this entire population of lemmings, what is the probability of choosing a
lemming with weight smaller than 41 g?
e. If there are 1000 weights in the population, how many of them are between 60 g and
70 g?
3. A species of marine arthropod lives in seawater that contains calcium in a concentration of
32 mg/Kg of water. A sample of thirteen of the animals are collected and the calcium
concentration in their coelomic fluid are found to be: 28, 27, 29, 29, 30, 30, 31, 30, 33, 27,
30, 32, and 31 mg/Kg. Conduct a suitable test of hypothesis to determine whether the
members of this species maintain a calcium concentration less than that of their
environment (32 mg/Kg of water). State your null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis and the
test that you will use to make the conclusions, followed by the actual numerical analysis.
Use a level of significance of 0.01, and state your conclusion clearly.
4. There are 200 members of a state legislature. The ages of a random sample of fifty of them
are obtained, and it is found that = 53.87 years and s = 9.89 years.
a. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the mean age of all members of the
legislature.
b. If the above and s had been obtained from a random sample of 100 from this
population what would the 95% confidence interval for the population mean have
been?
5. Assume that a fair coin is tossed 20 times and the outcome is recorded on each toss. Using
the normal approximation to the binomial distribution, determine
a. Probability of getting less than 10 Heads
b. Probability of getting 5 to 10 Heads inclusive.
6. Five hundred ball bearings have a mean weight of 5.02 grams and a standard deviation of
0.30 grams. Find the probability that a random sample of 100 ball bearings chosen from this
group will have a combined weight of more than 510 grams.
7. It has been found that 25% of the tools produced by a certain machine are defective. What
is the probability that in a shipment of 400 such tools, 3% or more will be defective?
8. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean height of the 1546 male students at XYZ
University by taking a sample size of 100. Assume that the sample average is 67.45 inches
and the sample standard deviation is 2.93 inches.
9. The mean lifetime of a sample of 100 fluorescent light bulbs produced by a company is
computed to be 1570 hours with a standard deviation of 120 hours. If µ is the mean lifetime
of all the bulbs produced by the company, test the hypothesis µ = 1600 hours, against the
alternative hypothesis µ ≠ 1600 hours. Use a significance level of 0.05 and find the p-value
of the test. State your conclusions clearly.
10. The average time it takes for a person to experience pain relief from aspirin is 25 minutes. A
new ingredient is added to help speed up relief. Let µ denote the average time to obtain
pain relief with the new product. An experiment is conducted to verify if the new product is
better. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?