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1)If x and y are independent poisson variate show that the conditional

distribution of X,given X+Y,is a binomial.


2)Two unbiased dice is thrown.Find the expection of the sum of points on them.
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olutions/throwing-rolling-dice-02.php
The probabilty distribution of "x" would be
x
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
P(X = x)
1
36
2
36
3
36
4
36
5
36
6
36
5
36
4
36
3
36
2
36
1
36
Calculations for Mean and Variance
x
P (X = x)
[x P (X = x)]
x2
[x2 P (X = x)]
2
1
36
2
36
4
4
6
3
2
36

px
px2

6
36
9
18
36
4
3
36
12
36
16
48
36
5
4
36
20
36
25
100
36
6
5
36
30
36
36
180
36
7
6
36
42
36
49
294
36
8
5
36
40
36
64
320
36
9
4
36
36
36
81
324
36

10
3
36
30
36
100
300
36
11
2
36
22
36
121
242
36
12
1
36
12
36
144
144
36
Total
252
36

1974
36
= 7

= + 54.83

Expectation of the sum of the points on the dice


? Expectation of "x"
? E (x)
=
S px
=
7
Variance of the sum of the points on the two dice
? var (x)
=
E (x2) - (E(x))2
? var (x)
=
S px2 - (S px)2
=
54.83 - (7)2
=
54.83 - 49
=
5.83
Standard Deviation of the sum of the points on the dice
? SD (x)
=
+ v Var (x)
=
+ v 5.83
=
+ 2.412

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