A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Airlines sometimes overbook flights. Suppose that for a plane with 50 seats, 55 passengers have tickets. Define the random
variable Y as the number of ticketed passengers who actually show up for the flight. The probability mass function of Y
appears in the accompanying table.
y
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
p(v) 0.05 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.25 0.17 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.01
Calculate V(Y) and oy. (Round your variance to four decimal places and your standard deviation to two decimal places.)
V(Y)
Determine the probability that Y is within 1 standard deviation of its mean value.
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Transcribed Image Text:Airlines sometimes overbook flights. Suppose that for a plane with 50 seats, 55 passengers have tickets. Define the random variable Y as the number of ticketed passengers who actually show up for the flight. The probability mass function of Y appears in the accompanying table. y 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 p(v) 0.05 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.25 0.17 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.01 Calculate V(Y) and oy. (Round your variance to four decimal places and your standard deviation to two decimal places.) V(Y) Determine the probability that Y is within 1 standard deviation of its mean value.
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