The joint probability distribution of the number X of cars and the number Y of buses per
Question:
The joint probability distribution of the number X of cars and the number Y of buses per signal cycle at a proposed left-turn lane is displayed in the accompanying joint probability table. p(x, y) x 012345 y 0 1 2 .025 .015 .010 .050 .030 .020 .125 .075 .050 .150 .090 .060 .100 .060 .040 .050 .030 .020
a. What is the probability that there is exactly one car and exactly one bus during a cycle?
b. What is the probability that there is at most one car and at most one bus during a cycle?
c. What is the probability that there is exactly one car during a cycle? Exactly one bus?
d. Suppose the left-turn lane is to have a capacity of five cars, and that one bus is equivalent to three cars. What is the probability of an overflow during a cycle?
e. Are X and Y independent rv's? Explain.
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Probability And Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences
ISBN: 9781133169345
8th Edition
Authors: Jay L Devore, Roger Ellsbury