STAT/MATH 418 Sec. 3 - Probability - Spring 2009

INFORMATION AND HOMEWORK

The class meets 3 days a week: M,W,F 3:35-4:25 pm in Thomas 118. The book to use is
Sheldon Ross: A first course in probability, 7th edition, Prentice Hall 2006
More information is contained in the "Course Information"

Course Information Note the change in the office hour of Weihan Chen!!!

Sample test Midterm is Friday March 6 in class. Here is a sample version. And here are the solutions (hopefully without calculation error, so no guarantee)
Problem 1a: p_1^2/(1-(1-p_1^2)(1-p_2^2))
Problem 1b: 2p_1^2(1+p_2)/(1-(1-p_1)(1-p_2)) (Note _ means lower index and ^ upper index)
Problem 2: (a) 1/7; (b) 22/63; (c) 5/8
Problem 3: (a) 5/12; (b) 37/102; (c) 25/29
Problem 4: 300
Problem 5: 45/71
Problem 6: 225/5168
Problem 7: (a) 2412/2547; (b) 6588/6453

Sample test Final is Friday May 8 in class (Thomas 118). Here is a sample version.

homework 1

homework 1: Solutions

homework 2

homework 2: Solutions

homework 3

homework 3: Solutions

homework 4

homework 4: Solutions

homework 5

homework 5: Solutions

homework 6 Note that the homework is still from chapter 3!!!