FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY (LOOSELEAF)
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Author: Ross
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FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY (LOOSELEAF)
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Show that...Ch. 6 - Consider an urn containing n balls numbered 1.. .....Ch. 6 - Suppose X,Y have a joint distribution function...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.2TECh. 6 - Prob. 6.3TECh. 6 - Solve Buffons needle problem when LD.Ch. 6 - If X and Y are independent continuous positive...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.6TECh. 6 - Prob. 6.7TECh. 6 - Let X and Y be independent continuous random...Ch. 6 - Let X1,...,Xn be independent exponential random...Ch. 6 - The lifetimes of batteries are independent...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.11TECh. 6 - Show that the jointly continuous (discrete) random...Ch. 6 - In Example 5e t, we computed the conditional...Ch. 6 - Suppose that X and Y are independent geometric...Ch. 6 - Consider a sequence of independent trials, with...Ch. 6 - If X and Y are independent binomial random...Ch. 6 - Suppose that Xi,i=1,2,3 are independent Poisson...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.18TECh. 6 - Let X1,X2,X3 be independent and identically...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.20TECh. 6 - Suppose that W, the amount of moisture in the air...Ch. 6 - Let W be a gamma random variable with parameters...Ch. 6 - A rectangular array of mn numbers arranged in n...Ch. 6 - If X is exponential with rate , find...Ch. 6 - Suppose thatF(x) is a cumulative distribution...Ch. 6 - Show that if n people are distributed at random...Ch. 6 - Suppose that X1,...,Xn are independent exponential...Ch. 6 - Establish Equation (6.2) by differentiating...Ch. 6 - Show that the median of a sample of size 2n+1 from...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.30TECh. 6 - Compute the density of the range of a sample of...Ch. 6 - Let X(1)X(2)...X(n) be the ordered values of n...Ch. 6 - Let X1,...,Xn be a set of independent and...Ch. 6 - Let X1,....Xn, be independent and identically...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.35TECh. 6 - Prob. 6.36TECh. 6 - Suppose that (X,Y) has a bivariate normal...Ch. 6 - Suppose that X has a beta distribution with...Ch. 6 - 6.39. Consider an experiment with n possible...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.40TECh. 6 - Prob. 6.41TECh. 6 - Each throw of an unfair die lands on each of the...Ch. 6 - The joint probability mass function of the random...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.3STPECh. 6 - Let r=r1+...+rk, where all ri are positive...Ch. 6 - Suppose that X, Y, and Z are independent random...Ch. 6 - Let X and Y be continuous random variables with...Ch. 6 - The joint density function of X and Y...Ch. 6 - Consider two components and three types of shocks....Ch. 6 - Consider a directory of classified advertisements...Ch. 6 - The random parts of the algorithm in Self-Test...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.11STPECh. 6 - The accompanying dartboard is a square whose sides...Ch. 6 - A model proposed for NBA basketball supposes that...Ch. 6 - Let N be a geometric random variable with...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.15STPECh. 6 - You and three other people are to place bids for...Ch. 6 - Find the probability that X1,X2,...,Xn is a...Ch. 6 - 6.18. Let 4VH and Y, be independent random...Ch. 6 - Let Z1,Z2.....Zn be independent standard normal...Ch. 6 - Let X1,X2,... be a sequence of independent and...Ch. 6 - Prove the identity P{Xs,Yt}=P{Xs}+P{Yt}+P{Xs,Yt}1...Ch. 6 - In Example 1c, find P(Xr=i,Ys=j) when ji.Ch. 6 - A Pareto random variable X with parameters a0,0...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.24STPECh. 6 - Prob. 6.25STPECh. 6 - Let X1,...,Xn, be independent nonnegative integer...
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