34. Given n = 28; = 0.7; X = 5.7; and = 0.01; Test Ho: = 6 against Ha: 6.

z critical = 2.576

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if z > 2.576 or z < -2.576

x 5.7 6
z 2.268
/ n 0.7 / 28

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

35. Find the following probabilities: if = 160, = 16.

a) P(X > xo) = 0.8770

P(z > -1.16) = 0.8770

xo = 141.44

b) P(X < xo) = 0.12

P(z < -1.175) = 0.8770

xo = 141.2

c) P(X < xo) = 0.97

P(z < 1.881) = 0.8770

xo = 190.1

d) P(136 X xo) = 0.4808

P(-1.5 < z < 0.1196) = 0.4808

xo = 161.9

e) P(xo X 204) = 0.8185

P(-0.9211 < z < 2.75) = 0.8185

xo = 145.3

f) P(180 X xo) = 0.0919

P(1.25 < z < 2.206) = 0.0919

xo = 195.3
36. Let the random variable X denote the number of emergency calls received by the
campus police office each day. The probability mass function of X is given by:

X P(X)
0 0.75
1 0.05
2 0.10
3 0.05
4 0.05
1.00

a) Find the expected value of X

E(X) = XP(X)
= 0(0.75) + 1(0.05) + 2(0.10) + 3(0.05) + 4(0.05)
= 0.6

b) Variance of X

Var(X) = (X-E(X))2P(X)
= (0-0.6)2(0.75) + (1-0.6)2(0.05) + (2-0.6)2(0.10) + (3-0.6)2(0.05) + (4-0.6)2(0.05)
= 1.34

c) Standard deviation of X

Standard deviation = 1.34 1.158

37. Consider the following hypothesis test.

H0: = 15
Ha: 15

A sample of 25 gives a sample mean of 14.2 and sample standard deviation of 5.

a) At = 0.02, what is the rejection rule?

df = 25-1 = 24
z critical = 2.492
Reject Ho if z < -2.492 or z > 2.492

b) Compute the value of the test statistic.

x 14.2 15
t 0.8
s/ n 5 / 25
c) What is the p-value?

p-value = 0.4316

d) What is your conclusion?

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

38. Suppose that x is normally distributed random variable with = 11 and 2 = 4.

Find each of the following:
a) P(10 x 12)

= P((10-11)/2 z (12-11)/2)
= P(-0.5 z 0.5)
= 0.3829

b) P(x 13.24)

= P(z (13.24-11)/2)
= P(z 1.12)
= 0.1314

c) P(x x0) = 0.75

P(z 0.6745) = 0.75

x0 = 12.349

39. Consider the following hypothesis test.

Ho: 10
Ha: < 10

A sample with n = 50 provides a sample mean of 9.46 and sample standard deviation
of 2. At = 0.05, what is the critical value for z or t? What is the rejection rule?

zcritical = -1.645

x 9.46 10
z 1.9092
s/ n 2 / 50

Reject Ho if z < -1.645

Since the test statistic is in the rejection region we reject the null hypothesis.
40. Consider the following hypothesis test:
Ho: 15
Ha: < 15

A sample of 40 provides a sample mean of 16.5 and sample standard deviation of 7.

a) Using = 0.02, what is the critical value for z or t? What is the rejection rule?

zcritical = -2.054

Reject Ho if z < -2.054

b) Compute the value of the test statistic.

x 16.5 15
z 1.355
s/ n 7 / 40

c) What is the p-value?

p-value = 0.9123

d) What is your conclusion?

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

41. X is a binomial random variable with n = 20, and p = 0.7. Find the following

a) P(X = 18)

0.028

b) P(X = 15)

0.179

c) P(X 20)

d) P(X 16)

0.238
e) P(2 X 17)

0.965

42. Consider the following hypothesis test.

Ho: = 15
Ha: 15

A sample of 50 gives a sample mean of 14.2 and sample standard deviation of 5.

a) At = 0.02, what is the rejection rule?

zcritical = 2.326

Reject Ho if z < -2.326 or z > 2.326

b) Compute the value of the test statistic

x 14.2 15
z 1.131
s/ n 5 / 50

c) What is the p-value?

p-value = 0.2581

d) What is your conclusion?

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

43. Consider the following hypothesis test.

Ho: = 15
Ha: 15

A sample of 20 gives a sample mean of 14.2 and the sample standard deviation of 5.

a) At = 0.02, what is the rejection rule?

tcritical = 2.539

Reject Ho if t < -2.539 or t > 2.539

b) Compute the value of the test statistic and make a decision whether to reject the
null or not to reject.

x 14.2 15
t 0.716
s/ n 5 / 20

c) What is your conclusion?

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

44. Find the following probabilities:

a) P(-1.4 < Z < 0.6)

0.6449

b) P(Z > -1.44)

0.9251

c) P(Z < 2.03)

0.9788

d) P(Z > 1.67)

0.0475

e) P(Z < 2.84)

0.9977

f) P(1.14 < Z < 2.43)

0.1196
45. Consider the following hypothesis test.
Ho: = 10
Ha: 10

A sample of 36 provides a sample mean of 11 and sample standard deviation of 2.5.

a) At = 0.05, what is the rejection rule?

zcritical = 1.96

Reject Ho if z < -1.96 or z > 1.96

b) Compute the value of the test statistic. What is your conclusion?

x 11 10
z 2 .4
s/ n 2.5 / 36

We reject the null hypothesis. We have sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean
is different than 10.

46. Given the following probabilities, Find Zo:

a) P(z Zo) = 0.0055

-2.543

b) P(-2.67 z Zo) = 0.9718

1.97

c) P(z > Zo) = 0.0384

1.77

d) P(Zo z 2.98) = 0.1117

1.21

e) P(-Zo z Zo ) = 0.8132

1.32

f) P(z Zo) = 0.06

 1.555

g) P(z > Zo) = 0.85

-1.036

h) P(-Zo z Zo ) = 0.95

1.96

i) P(-Zo z Zo ) = 0.88

1.555

47. Determine the following probabilities by using of the table of binomial

probabilities:

a) P(X = 5n = 10, p = 0.20)

0.026

b) P(X > 15n = 20, p =0.30)

0.000006

c) P(X 8n =10, p = 0.80)

0.678

d) P(X = 2n = 8, p = 0.10)

0.149

e) P(X = 9n = 10, p = 0.80)

0.268

48. Consider the following hypothesis test.

Ho: 15
Ha: > 15
A sample of 20 provides a sample mean of 16.5 and sample standard deviation of 7.

a) At = 0.01, what is the critical value for t, and what is the rejection rule?

t critical = 2.539

Reject Ho if t > 2.539

b) Compute the value of the test statistic.

x 16.5 15
t 0.958
s/ n 7 / 20

c) What is your conclusion?

We can not reject Ho since the test statistic is not in the rejection region.

49. Consider the following hypothesis test.

Ho: = 15
Ha: 15

Data from a sample of six items are: 18, 20, 16, 19, 17, and 18.

Hint: X= 108, Standard deviation = 1.4142

a) With = 0.05, what is the rejection rule?

t critical = 2.571

Reject Ho if t < -2.571 or t > 2.571

b) Compute the value of the test statistic.

108
x 18
6
x 18 15
t 5.196
s / n 1.4142 / 6

c) What is your conclusion?

We reject the null hypothesis since the test statistic is greater than 2.571. We
conclude that the mean is significantly different than 15.

50. Use the following information to construct the confidence intervals specified to
 estimate

a) 95% confidence; X = 25, 2 = 12.25, and n = 60.

12.25
25 1.96
60
(24.1, 25.9)

b) 98% confidence; X = 119.6, S2 = 570.7321, and n = 75.

570.7321
119.6 2.326
75
(113.18, 126.02)

c) 90% confidence; X = 1814.4, 2 = 0.948676, and n = 32.

1814.4
x 56.7
32
0.948676
56.7 1.645
32
(56.42, 56.98)

51. Using the normal probability tables, calculate the areas under the standard normal
curve for the following z values.
a) Between Z = 0.0 and Z = 1.2

0.3849

b) Between Z = 0.0 and Z = -0.9

0.3159

c) Between Z = -1.71 and Z = -2.03

0.0224

d) Between Z = -1.72 and Z = 2.53

0.9516

e) Greater than Z = 2.50

0.0062
 f) Greater than Z = -0.60

0.7257

g) Less than Z = -1.22

0.1112

h) Less than Z = 1.66

0.9515

52. A bath soap manufacturing process is designed to produce a mean of 120 bars of
soap per batch. Quantities over or under the standard are undesirable. A sample of
ten batches shows the following number of bar of soap.

108 118 120 122 119 113 124 122 120 123

Using a 0.05 level of significance, test to see whether the sample results indicate
that the manufacturing process is functioning properly

Ho: = 120
Ha: 120

t critical = 2.262

Reject Ho if t < -2.262 or t > 2.262

x 118 .9
s 4.932

x 118 .9 120
t 0.705
s/ n 4.932 / 10

Since the test statistic is not in the rejection region, we can not reject Ho. We don't
have sufficient evidence to conclude that the process is out of control.

53. Assume that x is a binomial random variable with n = 100 and p = 0.40. Use a
normal and binomial approximation to find the following:

Binomial Normal
 a) P(x 45) 0.8689 0.8692

b) P(40 x 50) 0.5212 0.5247

c) P(x 38) 0.6932 0.6951

d) P(x = 45) 0.0478 0.0484

e) P(x > 45) 0.1311 0.1308

f) P(x < 45) 0.8211 0.8208

54. A new diet program claims that participants will lose on average at least eight
pounds during the first week of the program. A random sample of 40 people
participating in the program showed a sample mean weight loss of seven pounds.
The sample standard deviation was 3.2 pounds.

a) What is the rejection rule with = 0.05?

z critical = -1.645

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if z < -1.645

b) What is your conclusion about the claim made by the diet program?

x 7 8
z 1.976
s/ n 3.2 / 40

We reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is less than the
critical value. We have sufficient evidence to conclude that the diet
program participants will lose on average less than 8 pounds.

c) What is the p-value?

p-value = 0.0241

55. A sample of size n = 10 is randomly selected from a normal population with

mean = 52 and variance 2 = 22.5. The sample value X is calculated.

a) find P( X > 55)

 X 55 52
P( X > 55) = P = P(z > 2) = 0.0228
/ n 22.5 / 10

b) find P(50 X 60)

P(50 X 60) = P(-1.33 z 5.33) = 0.9082

c) find P( X 55)

P( X 55) = P(z 2) = 0.9772