3. Let W be a random variable giving the number of heads minus the number of tails in three tosses of a coin. list the elements of the sample space S for the three tosses of the coin and to each sample space point assign a value w of W.

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3. Let W be a random variable giving the number of heads minus the
number of tails in three tosses of a coin. list the elements of the sample
space S for the three tosses of the coin and to each sample space point
assign a value w of W.
Hint: hot the ekments:
P(W =w)
PW)
4. A shipment of 7 television sets contains 2 defective sets. A hotel makes
a random purchase of 3 of the sets. if X is the number of distribution of
defective sets purchased by the hotel, find the probability distribution of
X and themean of X
Hint: Combination fr
Sapected value
PG)
Transcribed Image Text:3. Let W be a random variable giving the number of heads minus the number of tails in three tosses of a coin. list the elements of the sample space S for the three tosses of the coin and to each sample space point assign a value w of W. Hint: hot the ekments: P(W =w) PW) 4. A shipment of 7 television sets contains 2 defective sets. A hotel makes a random purchase of 3 of the sets. if X is the number of distribution of defective sets purchased by the hotel, find the probability distribution of X and themean of X Hint: Combination fr Sapected value PG)
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