Suppose your friend is playing the online game War of Worldcraft, and they’re running anevent where players will receive special bonuses at random times. Assume the wait time fromwhen your friend logs in to when they receive a bonus (in hours) is exponentially distributedwith parameter λ = 1/250 .(a) What is the probability your friend will receive a bonus within the first 3hours after logging in?(b) What is the probability your friend will receive a bonus between 5 and 13hours after logging in?(c) Suppose they’ve been playing for 5 hours, without receiving a bonus, and it’snow their bedtime. Here’s how you can use probability to help convince them to stopplaying and go to sleep: What is the conditional probability that they will get a bonuswithin 8 hours of additional play?

Suppose your friend is playing the online game War of Worldcraft, and they’re running anevent where players will receive special bonuses at random times. Assume the wait time fromwhen your friend logs in to when they receive a bonus (in hours) is exponentially distributedwith parameter λ = 1/250 .(a) What is the probability your friend will receive a bonus within the first 3hours after logging in?(b) What is the probability your friend will receive a bonus between 5 and 13hours after logging in?(c) Suppose they’ve been playing for 5 hours, without receiving a bonus, and it’snow their bedtime. Here’s how you can use probability to help convince them to stopplaying and go to sleep: What is the conditional probability that they will get a bonuswithin 8 hours of additional play?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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