Consider a random experiment of throwing three perfectly balanced and identical coins. Suppose that for each toss that comes up heads we win $3, but for each toss that comes up tails we lose $4. Clearly, a quantity of interest in this situation is our total wining. Let X denote this quantity. (n) What are the vilues that the random variable X takes? (b) Find P(X = 9). (e) Find P(X =-5).

Consider a random experiment of throwing three perfectly balanced and identical coins. Suppose that for each toss that comes up heads we win $3, but for each toss that comes up tails we lose $4. Clearly, a quantity of interest in this situation is our total wining. Let X denote this quantity. (n) What are the vilues that the random variable X takes? (b) Find P(X = 9). (e) Find P(X =-5).

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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