Pearson eText for Probability and Statistical Inference -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780137538461
Author: Robert Hogg, Elliot Tanis
Publisher: PEARSON+
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question
Chapter 5.3, Problem 8E
To determine
To find: The value of
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
3
4. An insurance company sells an automobile policy with a deductible of one unit. Let X be the
amount of the loss having pmf
0.9
f(x) =
x = 0
x = 1,2,3,4,5,6
where c is a constant.
a) Find c.
b) Find the expected value of the amount the insurance company must pay.
!
Chapter 5 Solutions
Pearson eText for Probability and Statistical Inference -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Ch. 5.1 - Let X have a geometric distribution with parameter...Ch. 5.1 - Suppose that X is a continuous random variable...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 5.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 5.1 - Let X have a gamma distribution with =3 and =2....Ch. 5.1 - The pdf of X is f(x)=2x,0x1. (a) Find the cdf of...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 5.1 - Let X have a logistic distribution with pdf...Ch. 5.1 - A sum of $50000 is invested at a rate R, selected...Ch. 5.1 - The lifetime (in years) of a manufactured product...
Ch. 5.1 - Statisticians frequently use the extreme extreme...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 12ECh. 5.1 - Let X have a Cauchy distribution. Find (a) P(X1)....Ch. 5.1 - Let f(x)=1[(1+x2)],x, be the pdf of the Cauchy...Ch. 5.1 - If X is N(,2), then M(t)=E(etX)=exp(t+2t22),t. We...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 16ECh. 5.1 - Prob. 17ECh. 5.1 - (a) Let X be a continuous random variable with...Ch. 5.2 - Let X1,X2, denote two independent random...Ch. 5.2 - Let X1 and X2 be independent chi-square random...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 5.2 - Let the distribution of W be F(9, 24). Find the...Ch. 5.2 - Let the distribution of W be F(8. 4). Find the...Ch. 5.2 - Let X1 and X2 have independent gamma distributions...Ch. 5.2 - Let X1 and X2 be independent chi-square random...Ch. 5.2 - Let X have a beta distribution with parameters ...Ch. 5.2 - Determine the constant c such that...Ch. 5.2 - When and are integers and0p1, we have...Ch. 5.2 - Evaluate 00.4(7)(4)(3)y3(1y)2dy (a) Using...Ch. 5.2 - Let W1,W2 be independent, each with a Cauchy...Ch. 5.2 - Let X1, X2 be independent random variables...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 14ECh. 5.2 - In Example 5.2-6, verify that the given...Ch. 5.2 - Show that if W has an F(r1,r2) distribution, then...Ch. 5.2 - Let W have an F distribution with parameters r1...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be independent Poisson random...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be independent random variables with...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be independent random variables with...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be a random sample of size n=2 from...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be observations of a random sample...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1 and X2 be a random sample of size n=2 from...Ch. 5.3 - The distributions of incomes in two Cities follow...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 5.3 - Let X1,X2,...Xn be a random sample (of size n)...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1,X2,X3 denote a random sample of size n= 3...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1,X2,X3 be three independent random variables...Ch. 5.3 - Let X1,X2,X3 be a random sample of size n=3 from...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 13ECh. 5.3 - Let X1,X2,X3 be independent random variables that...Ch. 5.3 - In considering medical insurance for a certain...Ch. 5.3 - The lifetime in months of a certain part has a...Ch. 5.3 - Two components operate in parallel in a device, so...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 18ECh. 5.3 - Flip n=8 fair coins and remove all that came up...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 20ECh. 5.4 - Let X1+X2+X3 be a random sample of size 3 from the...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1 and X2 have independent distributions...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 3ECh. 5.4 - Generalize Exercise 5.4-3 by showing that the sum...Ch. 5.4 - Let Z1,Z2,....,Z7 be a random sample from the...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1,X2,X3,X4,X5 be a random sample of size 5...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1,X2,X3 denote a random sample of size 3 from...Ch. 5.4 - Let W=X1+X2+...+Xh, a sum of h mutually...Ch. 5.4 - Let X and Y, with respective pmfs f(x) and g(y),...Ch. 5.4 - Let X equal the outcome when a fair four-sided die...Ch. 5.4 - Let X and Y equal the outcomes when two fair...Ch. 5.4 - Let X and Y be the outcomes when a pair of fair...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1,X2,...,X8 be a random sample from a...Ch. 5.4 - The number of accidents in a period of one week...Ch. 5.4 - Given a fair four-sided die, let Y equal the...Ch. 5.4 - The number X of sick days taken during a year by...Ch. 5.4 - In a study concerning a new treatment of a certain...Ch. 5.4 - The number of cracks on a highway averages 0.5 per...Ch. 5.4 - A doorman at a hotel is trying to get three taxic...Ch. 5.4 - The time X in minutes of a visit to a...Ch. 5.4 - Let X and Y be independent with distributions...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1 and X2 be two independent random variables....Ch. 5.4 - Let X be N(0,1). Use the mgf technique to show...Ch. 5.4 - Let X1,X2,X3,X4 be a random sample from a x2(r)...Ch. 5.5 - Let X1,X2...,X16, be a random sample from a normal...Ch. 5.5 - Let X be N(50,36). Using the same set of axes,...Ch. 5.5 - Let X equal the widest diameter (in millimeters)...Ch. 5.5 - Let X equal the weight of the soap in a 6-pound...Ch. 5.5 - Let X equal the weight (in grams) of a nail of the...Ch. 5.5 - Let X1,X2,...,X100 be a random sample from N(,4),...Ch. 5.5 - Suppose that the distribution of the weight of a...Ch. 5.5 - Let X denote the wing length in millimeters of a...Ch. 5.5 - Suppose that the length of life in hours (say, X)...Ch. 5.5 - A consumer buys n light bulbs, each of which has a...Ch. 5.5 - A marketing research firm suggests to a comp any...Ch. 5.5 - Let the independent random variables X1 and X2 be...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 13ECh. 5.5 - Let T have at distribution with r degrees of freed...Ch. 5.5 - Let the distribution of T be t(17). Find (a)...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 16ECh. 5.6 - Let X be the mean of a random sample of size 12...Ch. 5.6 - Let Y=X1+X2+....+X15 be the sum of a random sample...Ch. 5.6 - Let X be the mean of a random sample of size 36...Ch. 5.6 - Approximate P(39.75X41.25), where X is the mean of...Ch. 5.6 - Let X1,X2,...,X18 be a random sample of size 18...Ch. 5.6 - A random sample of size ii = 18 is taken from the...Ch. 5.6 - Let X equal the maximal oxygen intake of a human...Ch. 5.6 - Let X equal the weight in grams of a miniature...Ch. 5.6 - In Example 5.6-4, with n=4, compute P(1.73.2) and...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 10ECh. 5.6 - The tensile strength X of paper, in pounds per...Ch. 5.6 - At certain times during the year, a bus company...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 13ECh. 5.6 - Suppose that the sick leave taken by the typical...Ch. 5.7 - Let the distribution of Y be b(25,1/2). Find the...Ch. 5.7 - Suppose that among gifted seventh-graders who...Ch. 5.7 - A public opinion poll in Southern California was...Ch. 5.7 - Let X equal the number out of n=48 mature aster...Ch. 5.7 - Let X1,X2,...,X48 be a random sample of size 48...Ch. 5.7 - In adults, the pneumococcus bacterium causes 70%...Ch. 5.7 - Let X equal the number of alpha particles emitted...Ch. 5.7 - A candy maker produces mints that have a label...Ch. 5.7 - Let X1,X2,...,X30 be a random sample of size 30...Ch. 5.7 - Prob. 10ECh. 5.7 - On January 1 of a given year, a college basketball...Ch. 5.7 - If X is b(100,0.1), find the approximate value of...Ch. 5.7 - Let X1,X2,...,X36 be a random sample of size 36...Ch. 5.7 - A die is rolled 24 independent times. Let V be the...Ch. 5.7 - In the United States, the probability that a child...Ch. 5.7 - Let X equal the sum of n=100 Bernoulli trials....Ch. 5.7 - The number of trees in one acre has a Poisson...Ch. 5.7 - Assume that the background noise X of a digital...Ch. 5.7 - A company has a one-year group life policy that...Ch. 5.8 - If X is a random variable with mean 33 and...Ch. 5.8 - If E(X)=17 and E(X2)=298, use Chebyshevs...Ch. 5.8 - Let X denote the outcome when a fair die is...Ch. 5.8 - If Y is b(n,0.5), give a lower bound for...Ch. 5.8 - If the distribution of Y is b(n,0.25), give a...Ch. 5.8 - Let X be the mean of a random sample of size n=15...Ch. 5.8 - Suppose that W is a continuous random variable...Ch. 5.9 - Let Y be the number of defectives in a box of 50...Ch. 5.9 - The probability that a certain type of inoculation...Ch. 5.9 - Let S2 be the sample variance of a random sample...Ch. 5.9 - Let Y be x2(n). Use the central limit theorem to...Ch. 5.9 - Let Y have a Poisson distribution with mean 3n....
Knowledge Booster
Similar questions
- Repeat Example 5 when microphone A receives the sound 4 seconds before microphone B.arrow_forwardA gasoline station gets its supply once a week. Suppose the PDF of X = demand in thousands of gallons for gasoline is: fx(x) = 5(1 – x)*I(0.1)(x) a. What is the probability that the demand for gasoline in a given week is more than 500 gallons? b. How much gasoline must the station get from its supplier in order for the probability that its supply will be exhausted in a given week shall be 0.01?arrow_forwardThe Arrow-Pratt measures of absolute and relative risk aversion respectively describe the willingness of a consumers to risk a fixed amount of wealth or a fixed fraction of their wealth. This problem will demonstrate this by setting up a simple investment problem. Suppose that consumers begin with initial wealth Wo and may buy shares of a risky asset whose payoff per share is given by 2. (1 w/ prob. P, X = 1-1 w/ prob.1– p. Therefore buying { shares of the risky asset yields final wealth W = Wo +X. Suppose that each consumer may buy an unlimited number of shares, and seeks to maximize expected utility of final wealth max E[u(W)]. (a) Expand the consumer's expected utility maximization problem, and find the first order condition. (b) Let Cara be a consumer whose utility function exhibits constant absolute risk aver- sion UA(W) = 1– e-aW Find Cara's optimal number of shares and show that it does not depend on her starting wealth Wo-arrow_forward
- In finance, one example of a derivative is a financial asset whose value is determined (derived) from a bundle of various assets, such as mortgages. Suppose a randomly selected mortgage in a certain bundle has a probability of 0.04 of default. Complete parts a to d below. (a) What is the probability that a randomly selected mortgage will not default (that is, pay off)? The probability is (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) What is the probability that a bundle of five randomly selected mortgages will not default assuming the likelihood any one mortgage being paid off is independent of the others? Note: A derivative might be an investment that only pays when all five mortgages do not default. The probability is (Round to four decimal places as needed.) (c) What is the probability that the derivative from part (b) becomes worthless? That is, at least one of the mortgages defaults. The probability is. (Round to four decimal places as needed.) (d) In part (b), we made the…arrow_forwardI need help with parts “c”, “d, and “e” thanks.arrow_forwardA decision maker has a utility function for monetary gains x given by U(x) = (x + 10,000)1/2. (a) Show that the person is indifferent between the status quo and L: With probability 1/3, he or she gains $80,000 With probability 2/3, he or she loses $10,000 (b) Suppose that this person has a painting. If there is a 10% chance that the painting valued at $10,000 will be stolen during the next year, what is the maximum amount (per year) that he/she would be willing to pay for insurance covering the loss of the painting? • What is certainty equivalent? • What is risk premium? (c) Is this person risk-averse, risk-neutral, or risk-taker? Why?arrow_forward
- Suppose that a person’s score X on a mathematics aptitude test is a number between 0 and 1 and that his score Y on a music aptitude test is also a number between 0 and 1. Suppose further that in the population of all college students in Belize, the scores X and Y redistributed according to the following joint pdf. f(x,y) = 2/5(2x + 3y) for 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1 and 0 otherwise What proportion of college students obtain a score greater than 0.8 on the mathematics test? If a student’s score on the music test is 0.3, what is the probability that his score on the mathematics test will be greater than 0.8?arrow_forwardYou have received a radioactive mass that is claimed to have a mean decay rate of at least 1 particle per second. If the mean decay rate is less than 1 per second, you may return the product for a refund. Let X be the number of decay events counted in 10 seconds. a) If the mean decay rate is exactly 1 per second (so that the claim is true, but just barely), what is P(X ≤ 1)? b) Based on the answer to part (a), if the mean decay rate is 1 particle per second, would one event in 10 seconds be an unusually small number? c) If you counted one decay event in 10 seconds, would this be convincing evidence that the product should be returned? Explain. d) If the mean decay rate is exactly 1 per second, what is P(X ≤ 8)? e) Based on the answer to part (d), if the mean decay rate is 1 particle per second, would eight events in 10 seconds be an unusually small number? f) If you counted eight decay events in 10 seconds, would this be convincing evidence that the product should be returned? Explain.arrow_forward). If X is a continuous random variable whose pdf is f(x): (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/4 (d) 4 (e) None of the above C (1+x)5 ¹ x > 0, what is c?arrow_forward
- 4. At a particular gas station, gasoline is stocked in a bulk tank each week. Let random variable X denote the proportion of the tank's capacity that is stocked in a given week, and let y denote the proportion of the tank's capacity that is sold in the same week. The joint pdf of X and Y is given by f(x,y) = {³x (3x 0 if 0 ≤ yarrow_forwardLet the random variable X be the time in seconds between incoming telephone calls at a busy switchboard. Suppose that a reasonable probability model for X is given by the pdf: fx(x) = { ie for 0arrow_forwardD3)arrow_forwardarrow_back_iosSEE MORE QUESTIONSarrow_forward_iosRecommended textbooks for you
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:Cengage
Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)TrigonometryISBN:9781337278461Author:Ron LarsonPublisher:Cengage Learning
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw HillAlgebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:CengageTrigonometry (MindTap Course List)TrigonometryISBN:9781337278461Author:Ron LarsonPublisher:Cengage Learning