Let X denote the number of times a certain numerical control machine will malfunction: 1, 2, or 3 times on any given day. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an emergency call. Their joint probability distribution is given below: a. Find the marginal distribution g(x), x = 1, 2, 3.  b. Find the marginal distribution h(y), y = 1, 3, 5.  c. List the cumulative distribution function F(x)

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Let X denote the number of times a certain numerical control machine will malfunction: 1, 2, or 3 times on any given day. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an emergency call. Their joint probability distribution is given below:
a. Find the marginal distribution g(x), x = 1, 2, 3. 
b. Find the marginal distribution h(y), y = 1, 3, 5. 
c. List the cumulative distribution function F(x). 
d. List the cumulative distribution function F(y). 
e. Find the conditional distribution of f (x|y), P(X = 1 | Y = 3).
f. Find the conditional distribution of f (y|x), P(X = 3 | Y = 3). 
g. Determine if the random variables are statistically independent considering f (2, 1).

 

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0.35
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Transcribed Image Text:f(x,y) 1 3 У сл со 5 1 0.05 0.05 0.00 x 2 0.05 0.10 0.20 3 0.10 0.35 0.10
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