Question

The production process of rods from machine "A" yields specimen with the following specs. Mean: µ(LA)=20.00mm, STD: s(LA)=0.50mm. You need to purchase new machine to increase the production capacity and accuracy together. If the new machine "B" will produce half of the total rods, what is the STD, s(LB), that needs to achieve the total STD, s(LT)=0.4mm? Assume Corr(A,B)=0.4

Answer 1

Answer: the standard deviation STD of machine B is s (Lb) = 0.4557

Explanation:

from the given data, machine A and machine B produce half of the rods

Lt = 0.5La + 0.5Lb

so

s² (Lt) = 0.5²s²(La) + 0.5²s²(Lb) + 0.5²(2)Cov (La, Lb)

but Cov (La, Lb) = Corr(La, Lb) s(La) s(Lb) = 0.4s (La) s(Lb)

so we substitute

s²(Lt) = 0.25s² (La) + 0.25s² (Lb) + 0.4s (La) s(Lb)

0.4² = 0.25 (0.5²) + 0.25s² (Lb) + (0.5)0.4(0.5) s(Lb)

0.64 = 0.25 + s²(Lb) + 0.4s(Lb)

s²(Lb) + 0.4s(Lb) - 0.39 = 0

s(Lb) = { -0.4 ± √(0.16 + (4*0.39)) } / 2

s (Lb) = 0.4557

therefore the standard deviation STD of machine B is s (Lb) = 0.4557