Chapter 3: Q.3.7 (page 98)
The king comes from a family of children. What is the probability that the other child is his sister?
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The king comes from a family of children. is the probability that the other child is his sister
Chapter 3: Q.3.7 (page 98)
The king comes from a family of children. What is the probability that the other child is his sister?
The king comes from a family of children. is the probability that the other child is his sister
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Get started for freeA simplified model for the movement of the price of a stock supposes that on each day the stock’s price either moves up unit with probabilityor moves down unit with probability The changes on different days are assumed to be independent.
(a) What is the probability that afterdays the stock will be at its original price?
(b) What is the probability that after days the stock’s price will have increased by 1 unit?
(c) Given that after days the stock’s price has increased by unit, what is the probability that it went up on the first day?
In a certain village, it is traditional for the eldest son (or the older son in a two-son family) and his wife to be responsible for taking care of his parents as they age. In recent years, however, the women of this village, not wanting that responsibility, have not looked favorably upon marrying an eldest son.
(a) If every family in the village has two children, what proportion of all sons are older sons?
(b) If every family in the village has three children, what proportion of all sons are eldest sons?
Assume that each child is, independently, equally likely to be either a boy or a girl.
In Laplace’s rule of succession (Example 5e), show that if the first flips all result in heads, then the conditional probability that the next m flips also result in all heads is.
An engineering system consisting of n components is said to be a -out-of-system if the system functions if and only if at least of the components function. Suppose that all components function independently of one another.
(a) If the ith component functions with probability, compute the probability that a -out-of-system functions.
(b) Repeat part (a) for a -out-of-
system
In Problem 3.66a, find the conditional probability that relays and are both closed given that a current flows from to .
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