5. Suppose that a student attending a class has an infectuous disease. Suppose that with probability 1/2 she does not infect anybody, with probability 1/4 she infects exactly one other person, and with probability 1/4 she infects exactly two people. Let X be the number of people infected by this student. Calculate the expectation and the variance of X.
5. Suppose that a student attending a class has an infectuous disease. Suppose that with probability 1/2 she does not infect anybody, with probability 1/4 she infects exactly one other person, and with probability 1/4 she infects exactly two people. Let X be the number of people infected by this student. Calculate the expectation and the variance of X.
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Chapter9: Counting And Probability
Section9.3: Binomial Probability
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