A First Course In Probability, Global Edition
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Author: Ross, Sheldon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.35P
Teams 1, 2, 3, 4 are all scheduled to play each of the other teams 10 times. Whenever team i plays team j, team i is the winner with
a. Approximate the probability that team 1 wins at least 20 games. Suppose we want to approximate the probability that team 2 wins at least as many games as does team 1. To do so, let X be the number of games that team 2 wins against team 1, let Y be the total number of games that team 2 wins against teams 3 and 4, and let Z be the total number of games that team
1 wins against teams 3 and 4.
b. Are X, Y, Z independent.
c. Express the
d. Approximate the probability that team 2 wins at least as many games as team 1.
Hint: Approximate the distribution of any binomial random variable by a normal with the same mean and variance.
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