Exercise 6. (a) Any of the following events would lead to the 170E instructor having a bad day: A {one of his cats throws up} (10) B = {he gets a flat tire} (11) C = {the lecture room WIFI doesn't work} (12) = You may assume that the events are mutually independent and that P(A) and P(C) = 0.02. (a) Calculate the probabilities of each of the following: (i) All three bad day events occur. (ii) None of the bad day events occur. (iii) Exactly one of the bad day events occurs. = = 0.05, P(B) = 0.01,

Exercise 6. (a) Any of the following events would lead to the 170E instructor having a bad day: A {one of his cats throws up} (10) B = {he gets a flat tire} (11) C = {the lecture room WIFI doesn't work} (12) = You may assume that the events are mutually independent and that P(A) and P(C) = 0.02. (a) Calculate the probabilities of each of the following: (i) All three bad day events occur. (ii) None of the bad day events occur. (iii) Exactly one of the bad day events occurs. = = 0.05, P(B) = 0.01,

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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