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In Exercise 5.42, the number of defects per yard in a certain fabric, Y, was known to have a Poisson distribution with parameter λ. The parameter λ was assumed to be a random variable with a density
a Find the expected number of defects per yard by first finding the conditional expectation of Y for given λ.
b Find the variance of Y.
c Is it likely that Y exceeds 9?
5.42 The number of defects per yard Y for a certain fabric is known to have a Poisson distribution with parameter λ. However, λ itself is a random variable with
Find the unconditional probability function for Y.
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