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2.4.13 Model with probability distributions

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Question 24

Quality control engineers at a semiconductor plant monitor microchips for a specific manufacturing defect. Historical data indicates that the probability of a microchip possessing this defect is 0.012.

a.

Define a suitable model for the distribution of the number of microchips possessing this defect in a batch of nnn chips.

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b.

State one modeling assumption required for the distribution in part (a) to be valid.

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c.

Using a suitable approximation, determine the probability that exactly 5 out of a batch of 250 microchips are found to have this defect.

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d.

Justify the use of the approximation chosen in part (c).

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e.

A manufacturer claims that 65% of their solar panels exceed an efficiency rating of 22%.

From a random sample of 180 panels, 104 are found to exceed this rating.

Using a suitable approximation, test the manufacturer's claim at the 5% level of significance. State your hypotheses clearly.

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