Reference no: EM13576998
Q1. The temperature in January is estimated to have a mean of 34 and a standard deviation of 6, in degrees Fahrenheit. Sally estimates that her heating bill can be predicted using the following formula:
X = 300 - 5 × temp,
where temp is temperature. Find how much she is expected to pay in January. Moreover, obtain the variance and standard deviation of the heating bill.
Q2. An instructor graded a large number of midterm exams and she considers that the test scores are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 10.
(a) What is the portion of students obtaining scores between 85 and 95?
(b) What is the score needed to be at the top 10% of the class?
Q3. Response time at an online site can be modeled with an exponential distribution with a mean service of 5 minutes. John knows this and it is not sure to wait for an answer. What is the probability that for the reply to John's request.
(a) Will take longer than 10 minutes?
(b) Shorter than 10 minutes?
(c) If the mean service is now 2 minutes, what is the probability that it takes longer than 10 minutes?
Q4. James W. has a portfolio that includes 20 shares of Disney and 30 shares of Amazon. The price of Disney stock is normally distributed with a mean of 25 and a variance of 80. The price of Amazon is also normally distributed with a mean of 40 and a variance of 119. James finds out that these stocks are negatively correlated, with δ = -0.4.
(a) Find the mean and standard deviation of James W.'s portfolio.
(b) Would you advice James to sell Amazon and buy Disney?
(c) What is the probability that the value of the portfolio is greater than $2,000?
(d) What is the mean and standard deviation of James' portfolio if stocks are not correlated?
Q5. Use the computer to calculate the following probabilities:
(a) P(t64 > 2.12)
(b) P(t27 < 1.90)
(c) P(t121 < 1)
(d) P(F7.20 > 2.5)
(e) P(F34.62 > 1.8)
(f) P(χ23 > 1.61)
Q6. Suppose you have an investment A whose return is normally distributed with mean 8% and standard deviation of 5 %. An alternative investment B gives an the same return with a standard deviation of 8%.
(a) What is the probability of losing money in investments A and B?
(b) Would you rather construct a portfolio that uses A and B (e.g., C = 10A + 10B)? Why?