me parts of California are particularly earthquake-prone. Suppose that in one metropolitan area, 28% of all homeowners are insured against earthquake damage. Four homeowners are to be selected at random. Let X note the number among the four who have earthquake insurance. (a) Find the probability distribution of X. [Hint: Let S denote a homeowner that has insurance and F one who does not. Then one possible outcome is SFSS, with probability (0.28)(0.72)(0.28)(0.28) and associated X value 3. There are 15 other outcomes.] (Round your answers to four decimal places.) 4. P(x) (b) Draw the corresponding probability histogram. Probability Probability 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 Number with 0.1 Number with 0.0 earthquake 0.0 earthquake 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 insurance insurance Probability Probability 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 Number with 0.1 Number with 0.0 earthquake 0.0 earthquake 4 1 2 3 4 insurance insurance (c) What is the most likely value for X?

me parts of California are particularly earthquake-prone. Suppose that in one metropolitan area, 28% of all homeowners are insured against earthquake damage. Four homeowners are to be selected at random. Let X note the number among the four who have earthquake insurance. (a) Find the probability distribution of X. [Hint: Let S denote a homeowner that has insurance and F one who does not. Then one possible outcome is SFSS, with probability (0.28)(0.72)(0.28)(0.28) and associated X value 3. There are 15 other outcomes.] (Round your answers to four decimal places.) 4. P(x) (b) Draw the corresponding probability histogram. Probability Probability 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 Number with 0.1 Number with 0.0 earthquake 0.0 earthquake 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 insurance insurance Probability Probability 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 Number with 0.1 Number with 0.0 earthquake 0.0 earthquake 4 1 2 3 4 insurance insurance (c) What is the most likely value for X?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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