FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY (LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9780134753751
Author: Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.6STPE
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To find: The number of components that are required to have the 90% certainty that stock would be available for 35 days.
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Chapter 8 Solutions
FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY (LOOSELEAF)
Ch. 8 - Suppose that X is a random variable with mean and...Ch. 8 - From past experience, a professor knows that the...Ch. 8 - Use the central limit theorem to solve part (c) of...Ch. 8 - Let X1,...,X20 be independent Poisson random...Ch. 8 - Fifty numbers are rounded off to the nearest...Ch. 8 - A die is continually rolled until the total sum of...Ch. 8 - A person has 100 light bulbs whose lifetimes are...Ch. 8 - In Problem 8.7, suppose that it takes a random...Ch. 8 - If X is a gamma random variable with parameters...Ch. 8 - Civil engineers believe that W, the amount of...
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