M.E.

359 Problem Set #6

Due Thursday, May 28, 2015
[1] 7.1

Solution
(a) 0.5

500

e v dv 1 e 500 , ln 0.5 500 1.39 10 3 .

(b) v v e v dv
0

1
721.3 .

v*

(c) 0.95 e v dv 1 e v* , v* ln 0.05 2161 .

0

[2] 7.10

Solution

5
40
l lf l (l )dl 0.6l exp 0.6l dl , c0 8l ,
0
0
3
3

c0

40 3

= f l (l )dl 20

0.6 exp 0.6l dl 6.7110 3 hr 1.

[3] Suppose that the information load on a telephone cable is described by a normal
distribution with =200 Mbits/sec and =50 Mbits/sec. The cable can be designed
precisely, so that the variability in capacity is negligible. If the cable is to have a reliability
of 0.9990,
a. What is the value of the reliability index?
b. To what capacity should the cable be designed?
c. To what safety factor should the cable be designed?
Solution
a. 1 (0.999) 3.0902 .
b. c 0,

c l
2
c

c. c l 1.773 .
[4] 8.21

2
l

c 200
=3.09 c = 354.51.
50

Solution
(a)

(b) a 0.000315402, b 2.29031,

b a 7261.56 , 1 a 3170.56 .
8000
4000
(c) P (4000 t 8000)

44.0273% ,

44.0273% 180 79 .
[5] 8.26a

Solution

[6] 9.2

Solution
(a) e 1 0.95, ln 0.95 0.05129 yr 1 .
(b) Ra 2 R R 2 2 0.95 0.952 0.9975 .
(c) 0.1, I (1 ) , C ,

RI exp I exp (1 ) 0.950.9 ,

RC exp C exp 0.950.1 ,
Ra 2 RI RI2 RC 0.9929

[7] 9.13

or

Ra 2 RI R 0.9929 .

Solution
R(t 1 month) e 0.9, ln 0.9 0.1054.
Rs (t 12 months) 1 (1 p)t e t
1 (1 0.03) 0.1054 12 e 0.105412 0.6286 .