Chapter 15: Q15P (page 750)
Use Problem to find in Problem.
Short Answer
The required value is .
Chapter 15: Q15P (page 750)
Use Problem to find in Problem.
The required value is .
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Prove (3.1) for a nonuniform sample space. Hints: Remember that the probability of an event is the sum of the probabilities of the sample points favorable to it. Using Figure 3.1, let the points in A but not in AB have probabilities p1, p2, ... pn, the points in have probabilities pn+1, pn+2, .... + pn+k, and the points in B but not in AB have probabilities pn+k+1, pn+k+2, ....pn+k+l. Find each of the probabilities in (3.1) in terms of the ’s and show that you then have an identity.
(a) Set up a sample space for the 5 black and 10 white balls in a box discussed above assuming the first ball is not replaced. Suggestions: Number the balls, say 1 to 5 for black and 6 to 15 for white. Then the sample points form an array something like (2.4), but the point 3,3 for example is not allowed. (Why?
What other points are not allowed?) You might find it helpful to write the
numbers for black balls and the numbers for white balls in different colors.
(b) Let A be the event “first ball is white” and B be the event “second ball is
black.” Circle the region of your sample space containing points favorable to
A and mark this region A. Similarly, circle and mark region B. Count the
number of sample points in A and in B; these are and . The region
AB is the region inside both A and B; the number of points in this region is
. Use the numbers you have found to verify (3.2) and (3.1). Also find
and and verify (3.3) numerically.
(c) Use Figure 3.1 and the ideas of part (b) to prove (3.3) in general.
By expanding in a three-variable power series similarto ,show that
Consider a biased coin with probability of headsand oftails and suppose it is tossed450times.
(a) Find the probability of getting exactly 320 tails.
(b) Find the probability of getting between 300 and 320 tails.
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