.. title: Engineering Probability Homework 2 due Mon 2018-02-05 2359 EST
.. slug: homework02
.. date: 2018-01-16 11:07:17 UTC-05:00
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How to submit
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Submit to LMS; see details in syllabus.


Questions
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#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.2, page 81 of Leon-Garcia.
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.4, page 81.
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.6, page 82.
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.21, page 84.
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.25, page 84.
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.35(a), page 85.   Assume the "half as frequently" means that for a subinterval of length d, the probability is half as much when the subinterval is in [0,2] as when in [-1,0).
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.39, page 86. Ignore any mechanical limitations of combo locks.   Good RPI students should know what those limitations are.
   
   (Aside:  A long time ago, RPI rekeyed the whole campus with a more secure lock. Shortly thereafter a memo was distributed that I would summarize as, "OK, you can, but don't you dare!")
   
#. (6 pts) Do exercise 2.59, page 87. However, make it 35 students and 3 on each day of the week. Assume that there is no relation between birthday and day of the week.
   
#. (6 pts) Find a current policy issue where you think that probabilities are being misused, and say why, in 100 words. Full points will be awarded for a logical argument. I don't care what the issue is, or which side you take. Try not to pick something too too inflammatory; follow the Page 1 rule that an NSF lawyer taught me when I was there. (Would you be willing to see your answer on page 1 of tomorrow's paper?) 


Total: 54 pts.