RYERSON UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE & SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHE 331 Engineering Statistical Design
Assignment # 2 (February 3, 2015)

Problem # 1 (Problem # 3.78)

Samples of 20 parts from a metal punching process are selected every hour. Typically
1% of the parts require rework. Let X denotes the number of parts in the sample of 20
that require rework. A process problem is suspected if X exceeds its mean by more than
three standard deviations.
a. If the percentage of parts that require rework remains at 1%, what is the probability
that X exceeds its mean by more than three standard deviations?
b. If the rework percentage increases to 4%, what is the probability that X exceeds 1?

Problem # 2 (Problem #3-85)

The probability of a successful optical alignment in the assembly of an optical data

storage product is 0.8. Assume the trials are independent.
a. What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires exactly four trials?
b. What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires at most four
trials?
c. What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires at least four trials?

Problem # 3

A geologist has collected 10 specimens of basaltic rock and 10 specimens of granite. The
geologist instructs a laboratory assistant to randomly select 15 of the specimens for
analysis.
a. What is the pmf of the number of granite specimens selected for analysis?
b. What is the probability that all specimens of one of the two types of rock are selected
for analysis?
c. What is the probability that the number of granite specimens selected for analysis is
within 1 standard deviation of its mean value?