5. Each of the 50 students in class belongs to exactly one of the four groups A, B, C, or D. The membership numbers for the four groups are as follows: A: 5, B: 10, C: 15, D: 20. First, choose one of the 50 students at random and let X be the size of that student’s group. Next, choose one of the four groups at random and let Y be its size. (Recall: all random choices are with equal probability, unless otherwise specified.) (a) Write down the probability mass functions for X and Y . (b) Compute E[X] and E[Y] . (c) Compute Var(X) and Var(Y ).
5. Each of the 50 students in class belongs to exactly one of the four groups A, B, C, or D. The membership numbers for the four groups are as follows: A: 5, B: 10, C: 15, D: 20. First, choose one of the 50 students at random and let X be the size of that student’s group. Next, choose one of the four groups at random and let Y be its size. (Recall: all random choices are with equal probability, unless otherwise specified.)
(a) Write down the probability mass
(b) Compute E[X] and E[Y] .
(c) Compute Var(X) and Var(Y ).
(d) Assume you have 55 students divided into n groups with membership numbers s_1, . . . , s_n, and again X is the size of the group of a randomly chosen student, while Y is the size of the randomly chosen group.
Let E[Y] = μ and Var(Y)= σ^2. Express E[X] with s,n,μ,and σ.
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