6. It has been determined experimentally that steel wires of a certain length have strength with a mean value of 1 kip and a coefficient of variation of 16%. What is the probability that the strength of such a wire is less than 0.7 kips? Try Type I and Type III asymptotic distributions of extremes and compare the results. Given: „k x' : = e* 'k! k=0 IM

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6. It has been determined experimentally that steel wires of a certain length have strength
with a mean value of 1 kip and a coefficient of variation of 16%. What is the probability that
the strength of such a wire is less than 0.7 kips? Try Type I and Type III asymptotic
distributions of extremes and compare the results.
Given:
x*
= e*
k!
k=0
8.
Transcribed Image Text:6. It has been determined experimentally that steel wires of a certain length have strength with a mean value of 1 kip and a coefficient of variation of 16%. What is the probability that the strength of such a wire is less than 0.7 kips? Try Type I and Type III asymptotic distributions of extremes and compare the results. Given: x* = e* k! k=0 8.
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