a. Suppose you are a contestant in JEETO PAKISTAN game show; there are four identical looking boxes containing 1000 Rs, 3000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs. You start the game by randomly choosing a box. Among the three unchosen boxes, the game show host opens the box that hold the median amount of money. (For example if the unopened boxes contains 1000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs, the host opens the 5000 Rs box). The host then ask you if you want to keep your box or switch one of the other remaining boxes. You refuse the host offer and open the box you first choose. Let Z is the reward in Rupees that you keep. Find the PMF of Z, E [Z] and VAR [Z].

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a. Suppose you are a contestant in JEETO PAKISTAN game show; there are four identical
looking boxes containing 1000 Rs, 3000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs. You start the game by
randomly choosing a box. Among the three unchosen boxes, the game show host opens the
box that hold the median amount of money. (For example if the unopened boxes contains
1000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs, the host opens the 5000 Rs box). The host then ask you
if you want to keep your box or switch one of the other remaining boxes. You refuse the
host offer and open the box you first choose. Let Z is the reward in Rupees that you keep.
Find the PMF of Z, E [Z] and VAR [Z].
Transcribed Image Text:a. Suppose you are a contestant in JEETO PAKISTAN game show; there are four identical looking boxes containing 1000 Rs, 3000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs. You start the game by randomly choosing a box. Among the three unchosen boxes, the game show host opens the box that hold the median amount of money. (For example if the unopened boxes contains 1000 Rs, 5000 Rs and 10000 Rs, the host opens the 5000 Rs box). The host then ask you if you want to keep your box or switch one of the other remaining boxes. You refuse the host offer and open the box you first choose. Let Z is the reward in Rupees that you keep. Find the PMF of Z, E [Z] and VAR [Z].
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