Chapter 5: Q.5.2 (page 215)
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Short Answer
Therefore,
Hence Proved.
Chapter 5: Q.5.2 (page 215)
Show that.
Hint: Show that
Therefore,
Hence Proved.
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Hint: Make the change of variables and then relate the resulting expression to the normal distribution.
A fire station is to be located along a road of length. If fires occur at points uniformly chosen on, where should the station be located so as to minimize the expected distance from the fire? That is, choose a so as to
minimize
whenis uniformly distributed over
Now suppose that the road is of infinite length— stretching from point outward to. If the distance of fire from the point is exponentially distributed with rate, where should the fire station now be located? That is, we want to minimize, where is now exponential with rate.Every day Jo practices her tennis serve by continually serving until she has had a total of successful serves. If each of her serves is, independently of previous ones,
successful with probability , approximately what is the probability that she will need more than serves to accomplish her goal?
Hint: Imagine even if Jo is successful that she continues to serve until she has served exactly times. What must be true about her first serves if she is to reach her goal?
Twelve percent of the population is left handed. Approximate the probability that there are at least lefthanders in a school of students. State your assumptions.
Trains headed for destination A arrive at the train station at -minute intervals starting at 7 a.m., whereas trains headed for destination B arrive at -minute intervals starting at 7:05 a.m.
(a) If a certain passenger arrives at the station at a time uniformly distributed between and a.m. and then gets on the first train that arrives, what proportion of time does he or she go to destination A?
(b)What if the passenger arrives at a time uniformly distributed
between and a.m.?
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