Q.

1
From the histogram, we observe that the rod diameter is approximately normally distributed.

Sr. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Total

Rod Diameter (x)

8.24
8.25
8.2
8.23
8.24
8.21
8.26
8.26
8.2
8.25
8.23
8.23
8.19
8.28
8.24
123.51

(x-xbar)
0.006
0.016
-0.034
-0.004
0.006
-0.024
0.026
0.026
-0.034
0.016
-0.004
-0.004
-0.044
0.046
0.006

a)

Mean x

x 123.51 8.234
n

15

SampleVariance

( x x) 2
0.00896

0.00064
n 1
15

Sample SD 0.025298
b) 95% CI for mean rod diameter

95% CI x 2.1448*

SD
0.025298
8.234 2.1448*
n 1
14
8.234 0.014501
(8.2195,8.2485)

(x-xbar)^2
0.00003600
0.00025600
0.00115600
0.00001600
0.00003600
0.00057600
0.00067600
0.00067600
0.00115600
0.00025600
0.00001600
0.00001600
0.00193600
0.00211600
0.00003600
0.0089600

c) The required Sample size is 86.

Minitab Output:
Power and Sample Size
1-Sample t Test
Testing mean = null (versus not = null)
Calculating power for mean = null + difference
Alpha = 0.05 Assumed standard deviation = 0.025298

Difference
0.01

Sample
Size
86

Target
Power
0.95

Actual Power
0.951950

Q.2
a) The required p-value is 0.092
One-Sample T
Test of mu = 155 vs not = 155
N
12

Mean
154.200

StDev
1.500

SE Mean
0.433

95% CI
(153.247, 155.153)

T
-1.85

P
0.092

b) t-critical value is 2.201

The calculated t-value is |t| = 1.85, t-critical = 2.201, hence accept null hypothesis that the mean
melting point is 155 0F

c)
Q.3
Let X: weight of bag of potato chips.
Given Mean = 302 g
SD= 12 g
Tp find: p ( X 300) ?

p ( X 300) p ( Z

300 302
) p (Z 0.16667) 0.43382
12

Hence the required probability is = 0.43382

Q.4

Using R, The probability p(X < 8) is as follows.

> pnorm(c(8), mean=6.4293, sd=2.1332, lower.tail=TRUE)
[1] 0.7692295

Using R, The probability p(X < 6) is as follows.

> pnorm(c(6), mean=6.4293, sd=2.1332, lower.tail=TRUE)
[1] 0.4202527
Hence, the probability that (6 < R < 8) = 0.7692295-0.4202527 = 0.3489768