M 362K, Spring 03, Smith

Assignment for Wednesday, November 26

I. Read pp. 304 - middle of p. 307, plus Example 2e (p. 308).

II. Practice problems:

    1. p. 380 #6

    2. A rectangle is formed by the following procedure: The base of the rectangle has length X randomly chosen from the uniform distribution on (0,1). The height Y of the rectangle is randomly (and independently) chosen from the uniform distribution on (0,2). Find

        a. The expected value of the perimeter of the rectangle.

        b. The expected value of the area of the recangle.