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If the mean of poisson distribution is $16$, then its S.D. is

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  1. $16$

  2. $4$

  3. $10$

  4. $15$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$S.D= \sqrt { \lambda  }$

Mean$= \lambda$
Therefore S.D.$= \sqrt { 16   } \=4 $

Six coins are tossed $6400$ times. The probability of getting $6$ heads $x$ times using poison distribution is

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  1. $6400{e^{ - x}}$

  2. $\frac{{6400{e^{ - x}}}}{{x!}}$

  3. $\frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$

  4. ${e^{ - 100}}$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Therefore, the probability of getting $6$ heads with $6$ coins $ = {\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)^6} = \frac{1}{{64}} = P\left( { > {a _y}} \right)$
Then, 
$\eta P = 6400 \times \frac{1}{{64}} = 100 = m\left( {{a _y}} \right)$
So, by poison's law, $P\left( {x = n} \right) = \frac{{{e^{ - m}}{m^x}}}{{x!}}$
$ = \frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$

A examinations consists of $8$ questions in each of which  one of the $5$ alternatives is the correct one. On the assumption that a candidate who has done no preparatory  work, chooses for each questions any one of the five alternatives with equal probability, then the probability that he gets more than one correct answer is equal to:

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  1. ${\left( {0.8} \right)^8}$

  2. $3{\left( {0.8} \right)^8}$

  3. $1-{\left( {0.8} \right)^8}$

  4. $1-3{\left( {0.8} \right)^8}$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Probability of an answers to be correct $=\dfrac{1}{5}=0.2$

Probability of an answers not to be correct $=1-0.2$
$=0.8$

Probability $\left(more\ than\ 1\ correct\right)=1-P\left(0\ correct\right)-P\left(1\ correct\right)$

$=1-^{8}{C} _{0}{\left(0.8\right)}^{8}-^{8}{C} _{1}\left(0.2\right) \left(0.8\right)$

$=1-{\left(0.8\right)}^{8}-1.6{\left(0.8\right)}^{7}$

$=1-{\left(0.8\right)}^{8}-2{\left(0.8\right)}^{8}$

$=1-3{\left(0.8\right)}^{8}$

$D$ is coorect.

There are twenty bags each containing 10 bulbs and it is knows that no bag contains more than 5 defective bulbs and 3 bags have 5 defective bulbs. 4 bags have atleast 4 defective bulbs, 5 bags have atleast 3 defective bulbs, 6 bags have atleast 2 defective bulbs and 7 bags have atleast 1 defective bulb. Then the ratio of total defective bulbs is to non-defective bulbs is

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  1. $\dfrac { 4 }{ 7 } $

  2. $\dfrac { 3 }{ 7 } $

  3. $\dfrac { 2 }{ 7 } $

  4. $\dfrac { 1 }{ 7 } $

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Correct Option: A

For a Poission distribution which pair has same value.

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  1. (Mean, Std. Deviation)

  2. (Variance, Standard Deviation)

  3. (Mean, Variance)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
For Poission distribution we have $\displaystyle P\left ( r \right )=\dfrac{e^{-\pi }\lambda ^{r}}{r^{i}};\left ( r=0, 1, 2,...\infty  \right)$ 
$\displaystyle$ mean $\displaystyle =\dfrac{\sum f _{i}x _{i}}{\sum f _{i}}=\sum _{r=0}^{\infty }rP\left ( r \right ),\sum f _{i}P\left ( r \right )=1$$\displaystyle =0+\lambda e^{-\lambda }+2\dfrac{\lambda ^{2}e^{-\lambda }}{2!}+3\dfrac{\lambda ^{3}e^{-\lambda }}{3!}+.....\infty$ $\displaystyle =\lambda e^{-\lambda }\left ( 1+\dfrac{\lambda }{11}+\dfrac{\lambda ^{2}}{2!}+\dfrac{\lambda ^{3}}{3!}+.....\infty  \right )$$\displaystyle =\lambda e^{-\lambda }.e^{\lambda }=\lambda $
Similarly, $\displaystyle o^{2}=$ Variance $=\sum _{r=0}^{\infty }r^{2}P\left ( r \right )-\left ( \sum _{r=0}^{\infty } rP\left ( r \right ) \right )^{2}$ $=\displaystyle \lambda e^{\lambda }\left ( e^{-\lambda }+\lambda e^{-\lambda } \right )-\lambda ^{2}=\lambda =$ mean 
$\therefore$ mean$=$variance

For a poission distribution variable $X$ is such that $P(X = 2) = 9 P(X= 4) + 90 P(X= 6)$ the mean is

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  1. $2$

  2. $3$

  3. $1$

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
For $P.D. P(X=r)=\displaystyle \dfrac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda ^{r}}{r!},r=0,1,2,\cdots$
$\therefore \displaystyle \dfrac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda ^{2}}{2!}=\dfrac{9e^{-\lambda}\lambda ^{4}}{4!}+90 \dfrac{e^{-\lambda}\lambda ^{6}}{6!}$        (given)
$\Rightarrow \displaystyle\dfrac{\lambda ^{2}}{2}=\dfrac{9}{24}\lambda ^{4}+\dfrac{90}{720}\lambda ^{6}$ 
$\Rightarrow \lambda ^{4}+3\lambda ^{2}-4=0$
$\Rightarrow \left ( \lambda^{2}+4 \right )\left ( \lambda^{2}-1 \right )=0=>\lambda= \pm 1$
$\Rightarrow \lambda=1$ as $\lambda>0$ and $(\lambda^{2}+4=0$ impossible$)$
$\therefore$ mean$=\lambda=1$

For a Poission distribution, which of the following is true

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  1. $Mean = Mode$

  2. $Median = S.D.$

  3. $Mean = Variance$

  4. $Median = Variance$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
For Poission distribution we have $\displaystyle P\left ( r \right )=\dfrac{e^{-\pi }\lambda ^{r}}{r^{i}}\left ( r=0, 1, 2,...\infty  \right)$ 
$\displaystyle$ mean $\displaystyle =\dfrac{\sum f _{i}x _{i}}{\sum f _{i}}=\sum _{r=0}^{\infty }rP\left ( r \right ),\sum f _{i}P\left ( r\right )=1$$\displaystyle =0+\lambda e^{-\lambda }+2\dfrac{\lambda ^{2}e^{-\lambda }}{2!}+3\dfrac{\lambda ^{3}e^{-\lambda }}{3!}+.....\infty$ $\displaystyle =\lambda e^{-\lambda }\left ( 1+\dfrac{\lambda }{11}+\dfrac{\lambda ^{2}}{2!}+\dfrac{\lambda ^{3}}{3!}+.....\infty  \right )$$\displaystyle =\lambda e^{\lambda }.e^{\lambda }=\lambda $
similarly, $\displaystyle o^{2}=$ Variance $=\sum _{r=0}^{\infty }r^{2}P\left ( r \right )-\left ( \sum _{r=0}^{\infty } rP\left ( r \right ) \right )^{2}$ $=\displaystyle \lambda e^{\lambda }\left ( e^{-\lambda }+\lambda e^{-\lambda } \right )-\lambda ^{2}=\lambda =$ mean 
$\therefore \text{mean}=\text{variance}$

At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone calls regarding relevant enquiry follow Poisson distribution with a average of 5 phone calls during IO-minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone call during a 10-minute time period is

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  1. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{5^{e}}$

  2. $\displaystyle \frac{5}{6}$

  3. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{55}$

  4. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{e^{5}}$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to Poisson distribution
$\displaystyle P(X=r)=\frac{e^{-m}m^{r}}{r!}$
$\displaystyle \therefore P(X\leq 1)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)$
$\displaystyle =e^{-m}+\frac{e^{-m} m}{1!}$
Given m $\displaystyle =$mean$ = 5 $
$\displaystyle \therefore P(x \leq 1)=e^{-5}+5\times e^{-5}=e^{-5}(1+5)=\frac{6}{e^{5}}$

The probability of r successes in case of poissons distrbution is

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  1. $\dfrac{e^{\gamma }m}{\angle \gamma }$

  2. $\dfrac{\gamma ^{m}e^{m}}{\angle \gamma }$

  3. $\dfrac{e^{m}\gamma }{\angle \gamma }$

  4. $\dfrac{e^{-m}m^{r}}{\angle \gamma }$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

in Poisson distribution, probability $ P(x; m  )=  \dfrac { { e }^{ - m  }{ m }^{ x } }{ \angle x } $
$m$ = mean  ;   $x$= number of success     $ \angle x =$ factorial $ x $
 For $r$ success  $x= r$;        
  $ P(r; m )=  \dfrac { { e }^{ -m  }{ m  }^{ r } }{ \angle r } $ 

A random variable $X$ has Poisson distribution with mean $2$. Then $P(X > 1.5)$ equals

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  1. $2/e^{2}$

  2. $0$

  3. $1-\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$

  4. $\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

For Poisson distribution of mean = $\mu = 2 $ 
 P$(x ; \mu) = \frac { { e }^{ -\mu  }{ \mu  }^{ x } }{ x! }$
$P(X>1.5) = 1 - [P(X=0) + P(X=1)]$ 

P$(0; 2) = \dfrac { { e }^{-2}{2}^{0}}{0!}={e}^{-2}$
 P$(1; 2) = \dfrac { { e }^{-2}{2}^{} } {1!}=2{e}^{-2}$
$P(X>1.5) = 1 - [P(X=0) + P(X=1)] $
$ = 1 - [{e}^{-2}+ 2{e}^{-2} ] = 1 - 3  {e}^{-2} = 1 - \frac { 3 }{ { e }^{ 2 } } $