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On average, it takes 1 hour to catch a fish. | On average, it takes 1 hour to catch a fish. | ||
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| + | *(b) Landis only has 2 hours to spend fishing. What is (an upper bound on) the probability he will go home fish-less? | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 29 October 2008
Instructions
Homework 8 can be downloaded here on the ECE 302 course website.
Problem 1: Gone Fishin'
On average, it takes 1 hour to catch a fish.
- (a) What is (an upper bound on) the probability that it will take 3 hours?
- (b) Landis only has 2 hours to spend fishing. What is (an upper bound on) the probability he will go home fish-less?
