ST 6223 ADVANCED

MATHEMATICS
ADVANCED III
MATHEMATICSIII

COMMULATIVE QUESTIONS FOR TUTORIAL AND SEMINAR SESSIONS

ST 6223 SESSION
TWO HOURS FOR

ADVANCED TUTORIAL AND

SEMINAR .

MATHEMATICS III
ADVANCED MATHEMATICS III
Course Contents

1) Introduction
 Definition of population and its example
 Definition of frequency distribution table , types
(grouped , ungrouped, commulative and
relative) and how to construct
 Meaning and calculation of class width, class
marks , class limits , class boundaries
 Methods for representing data graphically (
Histogram, O give, Frequency polygon , Stem
and leaf plot )
 Measures of Central tendency ( Mean, Median
and Mode categorical and grouped data )
 Measures of dispersion ( Standard deviation ,
variance , Range and Coefficient of variation )
 Meaning of Correlation , Scatter plot sketching ,
computation of r , regression model and
regression coefficients computation
2) Probability and Probability Distribution
 Definition of event, probability, sample space ,
mutually exclusive events , independent events
and conditional probability of events
 Binomial distribution
 Poisson distribution
 Normal distribution
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 TOPIC ONE
1. a) The table below shows the midpoints and frequencies for a given distribution
Mid points Frequencies
2.5 7
7.5 18
12.5 25
17.5 30
22.5 20

Find,
i. Mean (5 marks)
ii. Standard deviation (5 marks)
b) Explain two methods of presenting data. (4 marks)
c) State two limitations of the range as a measure of dispersion
(2 marks)
2. Find the value of Median from the following data
Number of 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
days for which
absent (less
than)
Number of 29 224 465 582 634 644 650 653 655
students

3. Find Mode from following data

Age 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42

Frequency 6 11 25 35 18 12 6

4. Calculate mean, standard deviation , coefficient of variation and quartiles

Size of 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
item
Frequency 3 6 9 13 8 5 4

5. Ten students got following marks in Economics and Statistics , calculate correlation
coefficient
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 Roll no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks in 78 36 98 25 75 82 90 62 65 39
Economics
Marks in 84 51 91 60 68 62 86 58 53 47
Statistics

6. The following regression equations were obtained

Y= 0. 516x + 33.73 X= 0.512y +32.52

Find correlation coefficients and mean of x’s and y’s

7. Find Regression line of y on x

x 40 70 50 60 80 50 90 40 60 60
y 2.5 6 4.5 5 4.5 2 5.5 3.0 4.5 3.0

8. The following figures are the weights (in grams ) of group of fish sampled from a reservoir

226 233 233 244 224 235 238 244

222 239 233 243 221 230 237 240
225 230 236 242 222 235 237 240
220 235 238 243 222 232 232 242
229 231 234 241 228 237 237 245
229 231 237 244 225 236 235 240

a. Construct a frequency Table using the following class intervals 218- 220 , 221- 223, 224-
226
b. Draw Histogram , Frequency polygon and stem and leaf plot
9. Forest Fires and Acres Burned An environmentalist wants to determine the relationships
between the numbers (in thousands) of forest fires over the year and the number (in
hundred thousands) of acres burned. The data for 8 recent years are shown. Describe the
relationship. Number of fires x 72 69 58 47 84 62 57 45 Number of acres burned y 62 42 19
26 51 15 30 15
a. Draw a scatter plot
b. Compute correlation coefficient
c. Fit regression model
d. Interpret the slope , y intercept and r

TOPIC TWO
1. A fair die is thrown , list sample space of experiment and hence find probability of observing
i. A multiple of 3
ii. An odd number . are these mutually exclusive events?
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2. From a bag containing 6 white and red balls , a ball is drawn at random , what is probability that
a ball selected is i. red ii. White iii. Not white
3. Two events A and B are such as P(A) = 0.5 , P(B) = 0.3 , P(AUB) = 0.6 Find i. P(A/B) ii. P(B/A)
iii. P(A’/B)
4. Debra has a chance of 0.7 winning of 100m race and a 60% chance of winning 200m race find
i. probability that she only win one race ii. Probability that she win both races
5. A fair coin is tossed 4 times. Let X denote the number of heads obtained. Find the following. (a)
P(X = 3) (b) P(X ≤ 3) (c) P(X > 0) (d) E(X) and Var(X
6. `A consulting group believes that 70% of the people in a certain county are satisfied with their
health coverage. Assuming that this is true, find the probability that in a random sample of 15
people from the county:
(a) Exactly 10 are satisfied with their health coverage, and interpret. (b) Not more than 10 are
satisfied with their health coverage, and interpret. (c) What is the expected number of
people out of 15 that are satisfied with their health coverage?
7. The scores, X, of an examination may be assumed to be normally distributed with μ = 70 and σ2
= 49. What is the probability that:
(a) A score chosen at random will be between 80 and 85? (b) A score will be greater than 75?
(c) A score will be less than 90? (d) Interpret the meaning of (a), (b), and (c)
8. Suppose that, on average, in every two pages of a book there is one typographical error, and
that the number of typographical errors on a single page of the book is a Poisson r.v. with λ =
1/2. What is the probability of at least one error on a certain page of the book? Interpret your
result.
9. five coins are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least three heads
10. A multiple choice test consists. of 8 questions and 3. answers to each question; of which only
one is correct . If a student answers each question by rolling a balanced diet and checking the
first answer if he gets 1 or 2, the second answer if he gets 3 or 4, and the third answer if he gets
5 or 6, find the probability of getting: (i). exactly 3 correct answers, (ii) no correct answer, (iiI) at
least 6. correct answers. _
11. A car hire firm has two cars which it fires out day by day. The number of demands for a car on
each day is distributed as Poisson variate with mean 1· 5 . Calculate the proportion of days on
which (i) neither car is used, and (ii) some demand is refused.
12. Consider random variable X with probability function defined by P(X=0)= a , P(X=1)= 2a and
P(X=3) =3a find value of a
13. For random variable X with probability function is defined as
X 1 2 3 4
P(X=x) 1/10 2/10 3/10 4/10
Find mean , mode and median of X
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