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Chapter 5: Q.5.16 (page 218)
A standard Cauchy random variable has density function
Show that if X is a standard Cauchy random variable, then 1/X is also a standard Cauchy random variable.
is also the probability density function of a standard Cauchy's distribution. So, is also standard Cauchy's distribution.
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A point is chosen at random on a line segment of
length . Interpret this statement, and find the probability
that the ratio of the shorter to the longer segment is
less than .
Jones figures that the total number of thousands of miles that an auto can be driven before it would need to be junked is an exponential random variable with a parameter. Smith has a used car that he claims has been driven only miles. If Jones purchases the car, what is the
probability that she would get at least additional miles out of it? Repeat under the assumption that the life-
time mileage of the car is not exponentially distributed, but rather is (in thousands of miles) uniformly distributed over.
Show that a plot of against will be a straight line with slope when is a Weibull distribution function. Show also that approximately percent of all observations from such a distribution will be less than . Assume that .
Consider Example 4b of Chapter 4, but now suppose that the seasonal demand is a continuous random variable having probability density function . Show that the optimal amount to stock is the value that satisfies
where is net profit per unit sale, is the net loss per unit
unsold, and is the cumulative distribution function of the
seasonal demand.
A roulette wheel has 38 slots, numbered 0, 00, and 1 through 36. If you bet 1 on a specified number, then you either win 35 if the roulette ball lands on that number or lose 1 if it does not. If you continually make such bets, approximate the probability that
(a) you are winning after 34 bets;
(b) you are winning after 1000 bets;
(c) you are winning after 100,000 bets
Assume that each roll of the roulette ball is equally likely to land on any of the 38 numbers
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