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consider a game of chance in which one may win 10 dollars or lose 1 2 3 or 4 dollars each possibility has probability
a certain gamblers daily income in dollars is a random variable x uniformly distributed over the interval -3 to 3i find
add 100 real numbers each of which is rounded off to the nearest integer assume that each rounding-off error is a
if each strand in a rope has a breaking strength with mean 20 pounds and standard deviation 2 pounds and the breaking
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a man invests a total of n dollars in a group of n securities whose rates of return interest rates are independent
a random variable xhas an unknown mean and known variance 4 how large a random sample should one take if the
consider a gas composed of molecules with mass of the order of 10-24 grams and at room temperature whose velocities
in an urn containing n balls a proportion p is white and q 1 - p are black a ball is drawn and its color noted the
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let u v and w be uncorrelated random variables with equal variances let x u v y u w find the correlation
let x1 and x2 be uncorrelated random variables find the correlation py1 y2 between the random variables y1 x1 x2 and
let x1nbspand x2nbspbe uncorrelated normally distributed random variables find the correlation py1nbsp y2 between the
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consider a sequence of independent repeated bernoulli trials in which the probability of success on any trial is p
a fair coin is tossed n times let tnnbspbe the number of times in the n tosses that a tail is followed by a head show
an ordered sample of size 5 is drawn without replacement from an urn containing 8 white balls and 4 black balls for j
an urn contains 12 balls of which 8 are white and 4 are black a ball is drawn and its color noted the ball drawn is
let x1nbspand x2nbspbe the coordinates of 2 points randomly chosen on the unit interval let y x1nbsp- x2 be the
let x1nbspand x2nbspbe independent normally identically distributed random variables with mean m and variance sigma2
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prove that if x1nbspand x2nbspare jointly normally distributed random variables whose correlation coefficient vanishes
let x1nbspand x2nbspbe jointly distributed random variables possessing finite second moments state conditions under