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The number of cracks requiring repair in a section of motor way is assumed to follow a Poisson distribution with a mean of two cracks per mile: (i) What is the probability that there are no cracks that require repair in 5 miles of motor way? (ii) What is the probability that at least one crack requires repair in one-half mile of motor way? (iii) What is the probability that there are exactly three cracks that require repair in 2 miles of motor way? 2. One-hundred-year records of earthquakes in a region show that there were 12 earthquakes of intensity 6 or more. Calculate the following: (i) the probability that such earthquakes will occur in the next 3 years; (ii) the probability that no such earthquake will occur in the next 10 years. 3. Suppose that in one year the number of industrial accidents follows a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability that in a given year there will be at least 1 accident? 4. Cars arrive at a particular highway patrol safety checkpoint with the mean rate _ = 100 per hour. Each car encountered during a 1-hour period is tested for mechanical defects, and the drivers are informed of needed repairs. Suppose that 10% of all cars in the state need such repairs. (i) What is the probability that at least 4 cars will be found in need of repairs? (ii) To test the effectiveness of the warnings, the highway patrol will trace the defective cars to determine if the necessary repairs were eventually made. Supposing that only half of the originally warned operators ever fix their cars, what is the probability that at least 2 cars will have been repaired? 5. The number of surface flaws in plastic panels used in the interior of automobiles has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 0.05 per square foot of plastic panel. Assume an automobile interior contains 10 square feet of plastic panel. (i) What is the probability that there are no surface flaws in an autos interior? (ii) If 10 cars are sold to a rental company, what is the probability that none of the 10 cars has any surface flaws?

(iii) If 10 cars are sold to a rental company, what is the probability that at most one car has any surface flaws? 6. Cars arrive at a particular highway patrol safety checkpoint with the mean rate _ = 100 per hour. Each car encountered during a 1-hour period is tested for mechanical defects, and the drivers are informed of needed repairs. Suppose that 10% of all cars in the state need such repairs. (i) What is the probability that at least 4 cars will be found in need of repairs? (ii) To test the effectiveness of the warnings, the highway patrol will trace the defective cars to determine if the necessary repairs were eventually made. Supposing that only half of the originally warned operators ever fix their cars, what is the probability that at least 2 cars will have been repaired? 7. The number of surface flaws in plastic panels used in the interior of automobiles has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 0.05 per square foot of plastic panel. Assume an automobile interior contains 10 square feet of plastic panel. (i) What is the probability that there are no surface flaws in an autos interior? (ii) If 10 cars are sold to a rental company, what is the probability that none of the 10 cars has any surface flaws? (iii) If 10 cars are sold to a rental company, what is the probability that at most one car has any surface flaws? ____________________________________________________________________________

Statistics: Poisson Distribution, Nonconforming parts in sample, average service time Produce trucks arrive at the weigh station at the California border at a rate of 3 per hour according to a Poisson distribution. Livestock trucks arrive at that same weigh station at a rate of 2 per hour according to a Poisson distribution. What is the probability that the number of livestock trucks arriving at the weigh station in two hours is less than 3? Question 1 Produce trucks arrive at the weigh station at the California border at a rate of 3 per hour according to a Poisson distribution. Livestock trucks arrive at that same weigh station at a rate of 2 per hour according to a Poisson distribution. What is the probability that the number of livestock trucks arriving at the weigh station in two hours is less than 3? Question 2 The fraction nonconforming of assembled parts is under investigation. A completely

randomized sample of 150 parts has been tested revealing that 8 are nonconforming. Can it be concluded that the fraction of nonconforming parts is greater than 0.05? Use Type I error of . 01. Show ALL work, hypothesis, computations, rationale, and clearly state your conclusion. Question 3 An average of 10 cars per hour arrive at a single server drive in bank teller. The inter arrival time is distributed exponentially. The average service time for each customer is exponentially distributed with a mean of 4 minutes. What fraction of the time is the server idle?
Assume that the number of uninspected cars caught at a state police checkpoint is Poisson distributed with average 2.1 per hour. (a) What is the average number of cars caught in t hours? (b) What are P(no cars caught in 14 hours? (c) P(at least 3 in 1.5 hours); (d) P(at least 1 car caught within 10 minutes of setting up the checkpoint)? ________________________________________________________ a. Assume that batteries last for a time that is exponentially distributed with average 2 Months. If a transmitter needs one battery at a time and 4 (including the original) are taken on a expedition, what are (a) P(Transmitter last at least 11 Months)? ________________________________________________ . Louise sells encyclopedias door to door. She stops for the day after 4 sales. Assume that the time between sales is exponentially distributed. (a) If she can expect to work for 7 hours to make the 4 sales, what is the parameter / ? What is the probability that she will stop (b) before 6 hours; (c) after 9 hours? ___________________________________________________________ Suppose that customers enter a store according to a Poisson stream with average 40.7 for a whole day. Suppose that 2 out of5 customers result in a sale. What is the distribution for the number of sales in half a day. ________________________________________________________________