data for some countries across 3 consecutive years are recorded in the following table: Country GDP (Sb) 2014 2015 2016 China 834 935 1035 U.S. 582 732 895 Russia 495 631 788 Japan 486 621 799 Germany 339 456 552 Canada 201 335 453 Australia 304 444 565 Turkey 703 819 919 (i) Conduct appropriate calculations to show in a tabular format: a) Proportion of change from 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 (2 marks) b) Share of GDP for the countries across three years (3 marks) (ii) Use appropriate graphs to depict: a) Volume of GDP for the countries across three years; (2 marks) b) Share of GDP for the countries across three years; (1 mark) c) Proportion of change (from 2014 to 2015) and comment on this. (2 marks) 7 Problem Solving Task 1Due 2100 Friday April 28 2017 Select one question from each block Question 1.2 In a computer assembly line, workers take different time to assemble the parts. The amount of time needed (in seconds) for the assembly was recorded for 100 workers. 360 378 78 104 125 216 299 119 154 174 317 244 313 452 210 196 210 388 225 422 468 456 160 171 175 320 235 310 106 222 200 109 281 195 160 213 260 280 242 222 140 101 272 121 223 290 246 213 236 234 195 262 110 211 255 220 310 119 155 95 255 360 222 435 145 289 194 110 124 433 194 237 210 123 210 374 203 380 123 349 382 240 105 135 220 185 275 103 315 111 219 455 280 167 455 215 291 188 223 224 a) Determine the approximate number of classes and the class width (round-up the width if necessary) you would use to represent the above data? Explain your reasons. (2 marks) b) Create a frequency distribution of time for 100 workers (1 mark) c) Draw a frequency histogram (1 mark) d) Calculate the relative frequency and draw relevant histogram (2 marks) e) Draw an Ogive (1 mark) f) Find the proportion of time taken for assembly between 100-150 seconds; 200-250 seconds. Explain your answer fully. (3 marks) 7 Problem Solving Task 1Due 2100 Friday April 28 2017 Select one question from each block Block 2 Answer any one question. Each question is worth 10 marks. Question 2.1. (i) Giovanni is thinking of opening a pizza stall in an upcoming local carnival. Based on past experience he estimates the probability distribution of the number of pizzas he will sell each day. The probability distribution is given in the table below: Number of Pizza 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Probabilit y 0.03 0.18 0.21 0.26 0.14 0.11 0.07 Giovanni sells a pizza at a price of $12. His costs include a fixed cost of $50 for renting a pizza oven and the cost of raw materials for preparing each pizza is $5. (a) Calculate the probability of selling less than 20 pizzas in a day. (2marks) (b) What is the probability that Giovanni will make a profit of more than $100 in a day? (3 marks) (ii) In the state of Wyoming, the speed of motorists travelling on the state highway is uniformly distributed between 55 and 115 miles per hour. (a) Derive the density function for speed of motorists. Draw a graph to explain your answer. (1mark) (b) If the speed of a motorist was checked at random, what is the probability that it will be travelling between 65 and 85 miles per hour? (2marks) (c) A study by highway safety professionals find that motorists travelling at speeds above the third quartile (75th percentile) are highly prone to accidents. They ask the Governor of Wyoming to ban travelling at speeds above the third quartile. What should be the speed limit set by the Governor? (2marks) 7 Problem Solving Task 1Due 2100 Friday April 28 2017 Select one question from each block Question 2.2. An investor is looking at shares of two companies – Coal Energy Ltd and Green Energy Ltd for possible investment. Based on past performance the investor knows that the share returns of both companies follow a Normal distribution. In addition, their returns are negatively correlated with a correlation coefficient of -0.90. The mean and standard deviations of the returns are provided in the table below: Share Coal Energy Green Energy Mean 5 12 Standard Deviation 2 8 (a) Consider the shares of Coal Energy. Construct a symmetric interval around the mean return such that the probability of getting a return within that interval is 0.90. (1 mark) (b) Suppose a fixed deposit would provide a guaranteed return of 3% to the investor. What is the probability of getting a higher return if the investor decides to invest in Coal Energy shares? (2 marks) (c) Suppose the investor buys Green Energy shares. Calculate the probability of getting a higher return compared to the fixed deposit? Compare your answer to part (b) and provide a brief explanation. (3 marks) (d) Suppose we construct a portfolio with 70% of Coal Energy and 30% of Green Energy shares. Compute the mean and variance of the portfolio. (2 marks) (e) Does the portfolio provide a superior investment option compared to investing in Coal Energy shares? Provide a brief explanation. (2 marks) 7 Problem Solving Task 1Due 2100 Friday April 28 2017 Select one question from each block Block 3 Answer any one question. Each question is worth 10 marks. Question 3.1 (i) The recent average starting salary for new college graduates in computer information systems is $47 500. Assume that salaries are normally distributed, with a standard deviation of $4500. a. What is the probability of a new graduate receiving a salary between $45 000 and $50 000? (1 marks) b. What is the probability of a new graduate getting a starting salary in excess of $55 000? (1marks) c. What percentage of starting salaries are no more than $42 250? (1 marks) d. What is the cut-off for the bottom 5% of the salaries? (2 marks) (ii) The probability distribution for X, daily demand of a particular newspaper at a local news agency, (in hundreds) is as follows: x 1 2 3 4 p(x) 0.05 0.42 0.44 0.09 a. Find and interpret the expected value of X. (2 marks) b. Find V(X). (1 mark) c. Find and interpret σ. (2marks) 7 Problem Solving Task 1Due 2100 Friday April 28 2017 Select one question from each block Question 3.2 (i) A sample of 30 observations is drawn from a normal population with mean of 750 and a standard deviation of 300. Suppose the population size is 600. a. Find the expected value of the sample mean. (1mark) b. Find the standard error of the sample mean. (1mark) c. Find P (sample mean > 790). (1 mark) d. Find P (sample mean < 650). (1 mark) e. Find P (760 < sample mean < 810). (1 mark) (ii) Find and interpret a 98% confidence interval for the mean number of animals visited by a veterinarian per day. A random sample of 35 veterinarians, found that they had a sample mean of 25.3 animals and a sample variance of 2.8 animals. (5 marks)