M 362K A first course in Probability,  8^th edition

    Unique# 57915 - Fall 2009

Homework assignments

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Homework 1- Due date: Thursday September 10

Chapter 1:

Page 16:  2, 3, 5, 8, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26,       Page 19: 7, 9, 13

Chapter 2: 

Page 50: 3, 5, 6, 8, 11        Page 54: 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13

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Homework 2- Due date: Thursday September 17

Chapter 2: 

Page 50: 12, 18, 19, 24, 25

Chapter 3:

Page 102: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 ,     

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Homework 3- Due date: Tuesday October 6^t

Chapter 3:

Page 102: 17, 19, 26, 39, 50, 51, 53, 79.      

Page 110:   1, 2, 5, 6, 16, 22,      

Page 114 : 8, 20, 22.     

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Homework 4 - Due date: Thursday October 15^th

Chapter 4:

Page 172 :  2, 5,  6   (compute E[X] for these three first problems); 17, 19, 38,

Page 179: 3, 7, 8,  11, 16

Page 183 :  8, 9.

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Homework 5 - New Due date: Tuesday October 27^nd

…more on Chapter 4:

Page 172:  48,  51, 57, 58.

Page 179:  15,   17, 19, 27,  29.

Page 183 : 20,  21.

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MIDTERM exam on Thursday October 29th   

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Homework 6 - New Due date: Tuesday November 3rd 

Chapter 5:

Page 224:  1, 3, 6, 7, 14,  15 a)-b)-e).

Page 227:   1,  2,  5,  7, 9.

Page 229 :  4, 14.  

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Homework 7 – New Due date: November 12th

Still from Chapter 5:

Page 226:   23,  27, 29,  32, 

Page 228:    18, 19, 20,  30

Note that 18 and 20 not mandatory but are now are problems for extra homework credit.

Problem 19 can be solved without using the 'hint'. See the latest announcement for further explanations.

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Homework 8 – Due date November 24^th

Still from Chapter 5: Page 226:   36,  37, 39, 40.

Chapter 6: Page 287: 8, 9, 20, 21, 23

Chapter 7 : Page 373: 4, 16, 26, 30, 33,

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Homework 9 – Due date December 3^th

Still from Chapter 7 : Page 373: 38, 40, 50, 51

(Use the definition of covariance in page 355-6: Cov(X, Y) = E[XY] – E[X]E[Y]

And properties on page 356

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2^nd MIDTERM exam on Thursday December 3rd

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