Q1.

1000 light bulbs with a mean life of 120 days are installed in a new factory and
is normally distributed with standard deviation of 20 days.
(a)How many bulbs will expire in less than 90 days?
(b)If it is decided to replace all the bulbs together, what interval should be allowed
replacements if not more than 10% should expire before replacement?

N 1000
Mean 120
SD 20
X Life of electric bulb

a) P(X<90) norm.dist 0.066807 b) p= 0.1

no of bulbs 66.8072 norm.inv 94.36897
EXTRA P(X<100) 0.158655
158.6553
p(X>100) 1-NORM.DI 0.841345

P(90<X<10 0.091848
91.84805
installed in a new factory and their length of life
days.

hat interval should be allowed between

fore replacement?

after 94 days 10% of the bulbs will expire so they can stop the production
 2.The lifetimes of certain kinds of electronic devices have a mean of 300 hours and standard
deviation of 25 hours. Assuming that the distribution of these lifetimes, which are measured
to the nearest hour, can be approximated closely with a normal curve
(a)Find the probability that any one of these electronic devices will have a lifetime of more
than 350 hours.
(b)What percentage will have lifetimes of 300 hours or less?
(c)What percentage will have lifetimes from 220 to 260 hours?

mean 300
SD 25
X: life of device
a) P(X>350) 1-NORM.DI 0.02275
b) p(X<300) norm.dist 0.5
lifetime of 50%
c) P(X<260) 0.054799
P(X<220) 0.000687
P(220<X<260) 0.054112
lifetime of 5.40%
 of 300 hours and standard
etimes, which are measured
urve
ill have a lifetime of more
 The income of a group of 10,000 persons was found to be normally distributed
with mean Rs. 1750 p.m. and standard deviation Rs. 50. Show that of this group
95% had income exceeding Rs. 1668 and only 5% had income exceeding Rs.1832.
What was the lowest income among the richest 100?

N 10000
mean 1750
SD 50
X: income a) P(X>1668) 1-NORM.DI 0.94949742
shows 95% 95%

b) p(X>1832) 1-norm.dis 0.05050258

shows 5% h 5%

c) p= 0.01
norm.inv 1866.31739
Lowest incRs. 1866

EXTRA Poorest 10p= 0.01

norm.inv 1633.68261
 e normally distributed
Show that of this group
come exceeding Rs.1832.
 A wholesale distributor of fertilizer products finds that the annual demand for
type of fertilizer is normally distributed with a mean of 120 tonnes and standa
deviation of 16 tonnes. If he orders only once a year, what quantity should be
ordered to ensure that there is only a 5 per cent chance of running short?

mean 120
SD 16

P= 0.05 running short means towards the right w

norm.inv(1-0.05, mean,sd)
norm.inv 146.3177
ds that the annual demand for one
ean of 120 tonnes and standard
year, what quantity should be
chance of running short?

hort means towards the right which excel does not give
Assume that the test scores from a college admissions test are normally distributed with a mean
of 450 and a standard deviation of 100.
(a)What percentage of people taking the test score are between 400 and 500? 0.383

(b)Suppose someone received a score of 630. What percentage of the people taking the test
score better? What percentage score worse? Worse 0.9641, better 0.0359

(c)If a particular university will not admit any one scoring below 480, what percentage of the
persons taking the test would be acceptable to the university? 0.3821

mean 450
SD 100
X:
P(X<500) norm.dist 0.691462 69.14625
P(X<400) norm.dist 0.308538 30.85375
a) % of people taking test score b 38.29249

b) P(X<630) norm.dist 0.96407 WORSE THAN 630

P(X>630) 1-P(X<630) 0.03593 BETTER THAN 630

c) P(X<480) norm.dist 0.617911 will not be accepted

0.382089 will be accepted
mally distributed with a mean

00 and 500? 0.383

the people taking the test

r 0.0359

80, what percentage of the

821

WORSE THAN 630

BETTER THAN 630

will not be accepted

will be accepted