Assignment

At a certain intersection on a four lane highway, there are two left-turn only lanes. Lane A is on the
extreme left and lane B is next to it. Let X represent the number of vehicles in lane A, and let Y represent
the number in vehicles B, when the signal changes to green. Assume that X and Y have the joint
probability mass function p (x, y) given in the following table.

y
X 0 1 2 3 4
0 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00
1 0.05 0.10 0.03 0.02 0.00
2 0.03 0.05 0.15 0.05 0.02
3 0.00 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.05
4 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.08

a. Find the marginal probability mass function of X.

b. Find the marginal probability mass function of Y.

c. Are X and Y independent? Explain

d. Find µx and µy.

e. Find standard dev of x and y

f. Find the mean of the total number of vehicles in the two lanes

g. Find the variance of the total number of vehicles in the two lanes.