. Consider an experiment in which a fair coin is tossed 3 times, and let X be the number of heads that are obtained. Assume B is the event that number of heads is larger than 1.

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5. Consider an experiment in which a fair coin is tossed 3 times, and let X be the
number of heads that are obtained. Assume B is the event that number of heads is
larger than 1.
(a) Determine the PMF, Px(x), for the given experiment.
(b) Determine PX|B (X).
(c) Determine E[X|B].
(d) Determine the standard deviation of X given B.
Transcribed Image Text:5. Consider an experiment in which a fair coin is tossed 3 times, and let X be the number of heads that are obtained. Assume B is the event that number of heads is larger than 1. (a) Determine the PMF, Px(x), for the given experiment. (b) Determine PX|B (X). (c) Determine E[X|B]. (d) Determine the standard deviation of X given B.
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