16. Some parts of California are particularly earthquake-prone. Suppose that in one metropolitan area, 30% of all
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16. Some parts of California are particularly earthquake-prone.
Suppose that in one metropolitan area, 30% of all homeowners are insured against earthquake damage. Four homeowners?
a. Find the probability distribution of X. [Hint: Let S denote a homeowner who has insurance and F one who does not.
Then one possible outcome is SFSS, with probability (.3)(.7)(.3)(.3) and associated X value 3. There are 15 other outcomes.]
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Probability And Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences
ISBN: 9781111802325
7th Edition
Authors: Dave Ellis, Jay L Devore
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