You randomly call friends who could be potential partners for a dance. You think that they all
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a. Find the expected number of people you need to call, i.e., E(X).
b. Find the variance of the number of people you need to call, i.e., Vai(X).
c. Given that the first 3 people do not accept your invitation, let Y denote the additional number of people you need to call (Y does not include those first 3 people); i.e., suppose X > 3 is given, then let Y = X - 3. Under these conditions, what is the mass of Y?
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Introduction to Probability
ISBN: 978-0716771098
1st edition
Authors: Mark Daniel Ward, Ellen Gundlach
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