Instructions:
- The marks are indicated in the right-hand margin.
- There are NINE questions in this paper.
- Attempt FIVE questions in all.
- Question No. 1 is compulsory.
Questions
Choose the correct answer (any seven) :
If satisfies the partial differential equation , where and , then the value of is
The particular integral of the PDE is . Then the value of is
The solution of the PDE is . Then the value of is
Let and are two possible outcomes of an experiment and suppose , and . If and are independent events, then the value of is
The first three moments of a distribution about 5 are 2, 7, 15 respectively. Then the mean and variance of the distribution are
If two dice are thrown and the probability that the sum is neither 8 nor 12 is , then the value of is
A random variable has mean 2 and variance 3. If the upper bound for by using Chebyshev's inequality is , then the value of is
If the mean of exponential distribution is , then the value of is
Let and have joint p.d.f. and . Then the value of is
Two random variables have the least square regression lines with equations and . Then the correlation coefficient between two variables and is
Answer the following:
Obtain the partial differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary function
Solve where and
Answer the following:
Solve the partial differential equation .
Prove that where is the Legendre's polynomial of the first kind.
Two ends and of a rod of length 20 cm have the temperatures 30 °C and 80 °C, respectively, until the steady-state conditions prevail. Then the temperatures at the ends and are changed to 40 °C and 60 °C, respectively. Find the temperature distribution of the rod at any time .
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Let , and be three independent events. Then show that and are also independent.
A coin is tossed. If it turns up , two balls will be drawn from urn , otherwise 2 balls will be drawn from urn . Urn contains 3 red and 5 blue balls, urn contains 7 red and 5 blue balls. What is the probability that urn is used? It is given that both balls are blue. (Find in both cases, when balls were chosen with replacement and without replacement.)
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If and are independent Poisson variates such that and . Find the variance of .
Show that the recurrence relation between the moments of binomial distribution is given by where is the $r$th order moment about the mean.
Given the joint probability density function of and as
Compute the probability density function of .
Compute the following : (i) (ii) (iii)
The table gives the stopping distance (feet) of an automobile travelling at speed (miles per hour) as the instant danger is sighted :
| x | 30 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 90 | 105 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y | 16 | 27 | 40 | 60 | 87 | 115 |
Fit a least-square parabola of the form to the data.
Estimate when miles per hour and 120 miles per hour. Also compute the coefficient of correlation for the above data.
It has been found from experience that the mean breaking strength of a particular brand of thread is 275.6 grams with a standard deviation of 39.7 grams. Recently a sample of 36 pieces of thread showed a mean breaking strength of 253.2 grams. Can one conclude at a significance level of (a) 0.05 and (b) 0.01 that the thread has become inferior?
Instructions:
- The marks are indicated in the right-hand margin.
- There are NINE questions in this paper.
- Attempt FIVE questions in all.
- Question No. 1 is compulsory.
Questions
Choose the correct answer of the following (any seven) :
If is the Legendre polynomial, then the value of is
If is the Bessel's function of first kind, then is equal to
The particular integral of , is
The function in terms of Legendre polynomial is equal to
Let the joint probability density function of the continuous random variables and be . Then the value of is
Let and be any two events. Which one of the following is correct?
If , , , then is equal to
If is the mean and is the standard deviation of a set of measurements, which are normally distributed, then the percentage of measurements within the range is
If the density function of gamma distribution is . Then mean is equal to
The moment generating function of a continuous random variable be given as for . Then its mean and variance are
Answer the following:
Solve :
Solve :
Reduce the following equation into canonical form and hence solve it : $x^2(y-1) \frac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2} + x(1-y^2) \frac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x \partial y} + y(y-1) \frac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2} + xy \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial z}{\partial y} = 0$
State and prove orthogonal properties of Legendre polynomials.
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The chance that doctor will diagnose a disease correctly is 60%. The chance that a patient will die by this treatment after correct diagnosis is 40% and the chance of death by wrong diagnosis is 70%. A patient of doctor , who had disease , died. What is the chance that his disease was diagnosed correctly?
State axiomatic definition of the probability. Also prove that for any two events and , .
Let the joint probability density function of the continuous random variables and be . Find the value of and probability density function of . Also find the mean and variance of and .
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Fit a second degree parabola to the following data, where is the independent variable :
| x | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
If and are two uncorrelated variables and if , , then find the coefficient of correlation between and in terms of and the standard deviations of and respectively.
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The first four moments of a distribution about the value 4 of the variable are -1.5, 17, -30, 108. Find first four moments about the mean.
In a distribution exactly normal, 17% of the items are under 35 and 79% items are under 63. What are the mean and standard deviation of the distribution?
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If the probability that an individual suffers a bad reaction from injection of a given serum is 0.001, determine the probability that out of 1000 individuals (i) exactly 4 and (ii) more than 3 individuals will suffer a bad reaction.
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 is the mean lifetime of all the bulbs produced by the company, test the hypothesis hours against the alternative hypothesis , using a level of significance of (i) 0.05 and (ii) 0.01.