EC 221:Probability and Random Processes

Assignment-VI
1. (a) Suppose the r.v. X represents the life of an electric machine in years and Y = X where
denotes the integer part of X. If X exp(), show that Y geo(1 e

).
(b) The waiting time X between two successive packets in a computer network is an expo-
nential r.v. with f
X
(x) = 0.5e
0.5x
x 0. Find f
X|{X>1}
(x) and E[X|{X > 1}] .
2. (a) Suppose X is an N(3, 4) r.v. Find P({X
2
49}) in terms of the Q function.
(b) Prove the following bound relation satised by Q(x).
1

2x

1
1
x
2

x
2
2
Q(x)
1

2x
e

x
2
2
, x > 0
3. (a) Suppose X is a r.v. Show that p
X
(k) is maximum at k = .
(b) The number of calls received in a telephone exchange during an interval time follows a
Poisson distribution with an average of 10 calls per minute. Find the probability that 3 or
more calls are received in a fteen-second duration.
4. Suppose X is a Nakagami r.v. with the PDF
f
X
(x) =
2m
m
(m)b
m
x
2m1
e
(m/b)x
2
, x 0, b > 0, m > 0
Find the mean and variance of X.
5.

X is an r.v. representing the number of trials for rst m successes in independent repetitions
of Bernoulli trials. If p is the success probability of the Bernoulli trial, nd the PMF p
X
(k).
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