Freshman Engineering Seminar

Freshman Engineering Seminar Homework 8: Probability Analysis

This assignment will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, 11 November 2015

NOTE: For each problem below, you can either solve the problem using a computer programming language/application OR you can solve the problem by hand on engineering paper.

Part 1) Optional

Read the quotes located at http://www.ecoccs.com/tsuteach.html#quote

Part 2) Required

# 1) According to the Annual death rate from malignant neoplasms table, what is the probability that a directly exposed hibakusha (Person-years 1968-1972) living within 2 kilometers of Hiroshima would die:

a) All hibakusha

and

b) Non-hibakusha.

* 2) A couple has three children, and it is known that at least one of the children is a girl. What is the probability that the couple has at least one boy, assuming that having a boy or girl is equally likely?

% 3) An electronic controlling mechanism requires five identical memory chips. In how many ways can this mechanism be assembled using 5 given chips?

% 4) In how many different ways can 3 of 20 laboratory assistants be chosen to assist with an experiment?

% 5) In how many different ways can one make a first, second, third, and fourth choice among 12 firms leasing construction equipment?

# Data source: Sawada Shoji, Translated by Jason Buckley. The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 23, No. 2. June 10, 2013. “Scientists and Research on the Effects of Radiation Exposure: From Hiroshima to Fukushima.” <http://japanfocus.org/-Sawada-Shoji/3952/article.html>, Accessed: 26 October 2015.

* Question source: Olia, Masoud, Ph.D., P.E. and Contributing Authors, Barron’s FE (Fundamentals of Engineering Exam), 3rd Edition, Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2015, page 94.

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% Question source: Miller, Irwin, Freund, John E., and Johnson, Richard A. Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Fourth Edition, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990.

Works Cited Miller, Irwin, Freund, John E., and Johnson, Richard A. Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Fourth Edition, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990.

Olia, Masoud, Ph.D., P.E. and Contributing Authors, Barron’s FE (Fundamentals of Engineering Exam), 3rd Edition, Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2015, page 94.

Sawada Shoji, Translated by Jason Buckley. The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 23, No. 2. June 10, 2013. “Scientists and Research on the Effects of Radiation Exposure: From Hiroshima to Fukushima.” <http://japanfocus.org/-Sawada-Shoji/3952/article.html>, Accessed: 26 October 2015.

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