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• Compute the pdf of Y where Y=X1+X2, where X1 and X2 are outcomes from toss of two
independent unbiased dice. Compute the mean and std. deviation
• Compute the pdf of Y where Z=X1+X2+X3, where X1, X2 and X3 are outcomes from toss of
three independent unbiased dice. Compute the mean and std. deviation
• Problem 4.34 on Airline Delay (page 202)
• Problem 4.44 on ParFore (page 209)
• Problem 4.54 on Pew Internet (page 214)
• Problem 4.60 on Spam and Ham (page 216)
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Practice Problem
• Problem:
– It is estimated that 50% of emails are spam emails. Some software has been applied to
filter these spam emails before they reach your inbox. A certain brand of software claims
that it can detect 99% of spam emails, and the probability for a false positive (a non‐
spam email detected as spam) is 5%. Now if an email is detected as spam, then what is
the probability that it is in fact a non‐spam email?
• Problem:
– A company has found that 80% of its new management hires are meeting expectations,
while 20% are not. Of the satisfactory hires, 75% had sales experience, while of the
unsatisfactory hires, 55% had sales experience. What is the probability that a new hire
with sales experience will meet expectations?
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