Cycle tyres are supplied in lots of $10$ and there is a chance of $1$ in $500$ to be defective. Using poisson distribution, the approximate number of lots containing no defectives in a consignment of $10,000$ lots if $e^{-0.02}=0.9802$ is
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Probability Distributions
488 QuestionsProbability distributions describe the likelihood of different outcomes in a statistical experiment. Key topics include calculating confidence intervals, understanding Type II errors, and working with the standard normal distribution. These concepts are frequently tested in mathematics and statistics sections of various competitive exams.
Probability Distributions Questions
The chance of a traffic accident in a day attributed to a taxi driver is $0.001$. Out of a total of $1000$ days the number of days with no accident is
A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that $5$% of his product is defective. If he sells cotter pins in boxes of $100$ and guarantees that not more than $10$ pins will be defective, the approximate probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality is
The number of accidents in a year attributed to a taxi driver in a city follows Poisson distribution with mean $3$. Out of $1000$ taxi drivers, the approximate number of drivers with no accident in a year given that $e^{-3}=0.0498$ is
A manufacturing concern employing a large number of workers finds that, over a period of time, the average absentee rate is $2$ workers per shift. The probability that exactly $2$ workers will be absent in a chosen shift at random is
A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$% of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using poisson distribution,the number of boxes with at least one defective bottle is
Suppose $2$% of the people on an average are left handed. The probability of 3 or more left handed among 100 people is
Suppose there is an average of $2$ suicides per year per $50,000$ population. In a city of population $1,00,000$, the probability that in a given year there are, zero suicides is
Suppose on an average $5$ out of $2000$ houses get damaged due to fire accident during summer. Out of $10,000$ houses in a locality, the probability that exactly $10$ houses will get damaged during summer is
A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$$\%$ of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using Poisson distribution, the number of boxes with no defective bottle is
A company knows on the basis of past experience that $2$% of its blades are defective. The probability of having $3$ defective blades in a sample of $100$ blades if $e^{-2}=0.1353$ is
On the average a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a poisson variate, the probability of sighting $4$ ships in the next two hours is
Patients arrive randomly and independently at a Doctor's room from 8 AM at an average rate of one in 5 minutes. The waiting room can accommodate 12 persons. The probability that the room will be full when the doctor arrives at 9AM is
On an average, a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a Poisson variate, the probability of sighting at least two ships in the next $20$ minutes is
If $X$ is a Poisson's variate such that $P(X=1)=3P(X=2)$, then find the variance of $X$.