A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Author: Sheldon Ross
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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
Ch. 4 - Two balls are chosen randomly from an urn...Ch. 4 - Two fair dice are rolled, Let X equal the product...Ch. 4 - Three dice are rolled. By assuming that each of...Ch. 4 - Five men and 5 women are ranked according to their...Ch. 4 - Let X represent the difference between the number...Ch. 4 - In Problem 4.5 for n=3, if the coin is assumed...Ch. 4 - Suppose that a die is rolled twice. What are the...Ch. 4 - If the die in Problem 4.7 is assumed fair,...Ch. 4 - Repeat Example 1c, when the balls are selected...Ch. 4 - Let X be the winnings of a gambler. Let...
Ch. 4 - The random variable X is said to follow the...Ch. 4 - In the game of Two-Finger Morra, 2 players show 1...Ch. 4 - A salesman has scheduled two appointments to sell...Ch. 4 - Five distinct numbers are randomly distributed to...Ch. 4 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) draft...Ch. 4 - A deck of n cards numbered 1 through n are to be...Ch. 4 - Suppose that the distribution function of X is...Ch. 4 - Four independent flips of a fair coin are made....Ch. 4 - If the distribution function of X is given...Ch. 4 - A gambling book recommends the following winning...Ch. 4 - Four buses carrying 148 students from the same...Ch. 4 - Suppose that two teams play a series of games that...Ch. 4 - You have $1000, and a certain commodity presently...Ch. 4 - A and B play the following game: A writes down...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.25PCh. 4 - One of the numbers I through 10 is randomly...Ch. 4 - An insurance company writes a policy to the effect...Ch. 4 - A sample of 3 items is selected at random from a...Ch. 4 - There are two possible causes for a breakdown of a...Ch. 4 - A person tosses a fair coin until a tail appears...Ch. 4 - 4.31. 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Find c1 such...Ch. 4 - Let X be a random variable having expected value ...Ch. 4 - Find Var (X) if P(X=a)=(1)=p=1P(X=b)Ch. 4 - Show how the derivation of the binomial...Ch. 4 - Let X be a binomial random variable with...Ch. 4 - Let X be the number of successes that result from...Ch. 4 - Consider n independent sequential trials, each of...Ch. 4 - There are n components lined up in a linear...Ch. 4 - Let X be a binomial random variable with...Ch. 4 - A family has n children with probability pn,n1...Ch. 4 - Suppose that n independent tosses of a coin having...Ch. 4 - Let X be a Poisson random variable with parameter...Ch. 4 - Let X be a Poisson random variable with parameter ...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.19TECh. 4 - Show that X is a Poisson random variable with...Ch. 4 - Consider n coins, each of which independently...Ch. 4 - From a set of n randomly chosen people, let Eij...Ch. 4 - An urn contains 2 n balls, of which 2 are numbered...Ch. 4 - Consider a random collection of n individuals. 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