Let Y beyourwaitingtimeinalineatagrocerystore.Let Y1, Y2, ...bethewaitingtimesof other people.Let N = the numberofpeoplethatmustbeinlinesatthestoreuntilsomeonehas to waitlongerthanyou.Ifthewaitingtimesareindependentandhavethesamecontinuous probabilitydistribution,explainwhy (a) P(N
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Let Y beyourwaitingtimeinalineatagrocerystore.Let Y1, Y2, ...bethewaitingtimesof other people.Let N = the numberofpeoplethatmustbeinlinesatthestoreuntilsomeonehas to waitlongerthanyou.Ifthewaitingtimesareindependentandhavethesamecontinuous probabilitydistribution,explainwhy
(a) P(N > n) = P(Y > max(Y1, ...,Yn) = 1~(n + 1), for n = 1, 2, ...;
(b) E(N) = ∞.
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Foundations Of Statistics For Data Scientists With R And Python
ISBN: 9780367748456
1st Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti
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