A fair coin is tossed until either a head comes up or four tails are obtained. What is the expected number of tosses?
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A fair coin is tossed until either a head comes up or four tails are obtained. What is the expected number of tosses?
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Consider the following algorithm segment: for...Ch. 9.3 - A calculator has an eight-digit display and a...Ch. 9.3 - a. How many ways can the letters of the word QUICK...Ch. 9.3 - (a) How many ways can the letters of the word...Ch. 9.3 - A group of eight people are attending the movies...Ch. 9.3 - An early compiler recognized variable names...Ch. 9.3 - Identifiers in a certain database language must...Ch. 9.3 - a. If any seven digits could be used to form a...Ch. 9.3 - (a) How many string of four hexadecimal digits do...Ch. 9.3 - Just as the difference rule gives rise to a...Ch. 9.3 - A combination lock requires three selections of...Ch. 9.3 - (a) How many integers from 1 through 100,000...Ch. 9.3 - Six new employees, two of whom are married to each...Ch. 9.3 - Consider strings of length n over the set {a, b,...Ch. 9.3 - (a) How many integers from 1 through 1,000 are...Ch. 9.3 - (a) How many integers from 1 through 1,000 are...Ch. 9.3 - Counting Strings: a. Male a list ol all bil brings...Ch. 9.3 - Counting Strings: Consider the set of all string...Ch. 9.3 - For each integer n0 . let akbe the number of bit...Ch. 9.3 - For each integer n2 let an be the number of...Ch. 9.3 - Refer to Example 9.3.5. Write the following IP...Ch. 9.3 - A now in a classroom has n seats. Let sn be the...Ch. 9.3 - Assume that birthdays are equally likely to occur...Ch. 9.3 - Assuming that all years have 365 days and all...Ch. 9.3 - A college conducted a survey to explore the...Ch. 9.3 - A study was done to determine the efficacy of...Ch. 9.3 - An interesting use of the inclusion/exclusion rule...Ch. 9.3 - Fill in the reasons for each step below. If A and...Ch. 9.3 - For each of exercises 37-39, the number of...Ch. 9.3 - For each of exerciser 37-39, the number of dements...Ch. 9.3 - For each exercises 37-39, the number of elements...Ch. 9.3 - For 40 and 41, use the definition of the Euler phi...Ch. 9.3 - For 40 and 41, use the definition of the Euler phi...Ch. 9.3 - A gambler decides to play successive games of...Ch. 9.3 - A derangement of the set {1,2,….,n} is a...Ch. 9.3 - Note that a product x1x2x3 may be parenthesized in...Ch. 9.3 - Use mathematical induction to prove Theorem 9.3.1.Ch. 9.3 - Prove the inclusion/exclusion rule for two sets A...Ch. 9.3 - Prove the inclusion/exclusion rule for three sets.Ch. 9.3 - Use mathematical induction to prove the general...Ch. 9.3 - A circular disk is cut into n distinct scctuis....Ch. 9.4 - The pigeonhole principle states that_______Ch. 9.4 - The generalized pigeonhole principle states that...Ch. 9.4 - If X and Y are finite sets and f is a function...Ch. 9.4 - A small town has only 500 residents. Must there be...Ch. 9.4 - In a group of 700 people, must there be 2 who have...Ch. 9.4 - (a) Given any set of four integers, must there be...Ch. 9.4 - (a) Given any set of seven integers, must there be...Ch. 9.4 - Let S={3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12} . Suppose six...Ch. 9.4 - Let T={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}. Suppose five integers...Ch. 9.4 - (a) If seven integers are chosen from between 1...Ch. 9.4 - If n+1 integers are from the set {1,2,3,...2n}....Ch. 9.4 - If n+1 integers are chosen from the set...Ch. 9.4 - How many cards cards must you pick from a standard...Ch. 9.4 - Suppose six pairs of similar-looking boots are...Ch. 9.4 - How many integers from 0 throught 60 mut you pick...Ch. 9.4 - If n is a positive integer, how many integers from...Ch. 9.4 - How many integer from 1 through 100 must you pick...Ch. 9.4 - How many integers must you pick in order to be...Ch. 9.4 - How many integers must you pick in order to be...Ch. 9.4 - How many integers from 100 through 999 must you...Ch. 9.4 - (a) If repeated divisons by 20,483 are performed,...Ch. 9.4 - When 683/1493 is written as a decimal what is the...Ch. 9.4 - Is 0.1010010001000010000001…(where each string of...Ch. 9.4 - Is 56,556655566655556666…(where the strings of 5’s...Ch. 9.4 - Show that within any set of thirteen integers...Ch. 9.4 - In a group of 30 people, must at lest 3 have been...Ch. 9.4 - In as group of 30 people, must at least 4 have...Ch. 9.4 - In a group of 2,000 people, must at least 5 have...Ch. 9.4 - A programmer writes 500 lines of computer code in...Ch. 9.4 - A certain collage class has 40 students. All the...Ch. 9.4 - A penny collection contains twelve 1967 pennies,...Ch. 9.4 - A group of 15 exeutives are to share 5 assistants....Ch. 9.4 - Let A be a set of six positive integers each of...Ch. 9.4 - Let A be a set of six positive integers each of...Ch. 9.4 - Let S be a set of ten integers chosen from 1...Ch. 9.4 - Given a set of 52 distinct integers, show that...Ch. 9.4 - Show that if 101 integers are chosen from 1 to 200...Ch. 9.4 - a. Suppose a1,a2,...,an is a sequence of n...Ch. 9.4 - Observe that the sequence...Ch. 9.4 - What is the largest number of elements that a set...Ch. 9.4 - Suppose X and Y are finite sets, X has more...Ch. 9.5 - The number of subsets of size r that can be formed...Ch. 9.5 - The number of r-combinations of a set of n...Ch. 9.5 - Two unordered selections are said to be the same...Ch. 9.5 - A formula relating ??? and ???is______Ch. 9.5 - The phrase “at least n” means_, and the phrase “at...Ch. 9.5 - List all 2-combinations for the set {x1,x2,x3} ....Ch. 9.5 - a. List all 3-combinations for the set...Ch. 9.5 - Write an equation relating p(7,2) and (27) .Ch. 9.5 - Write an equation relating P(8,3) and (38) .Ch. 9.5 - Use Theorem 9.5.1 to compute each of the...Ch. 9.5 - A student council consists of 15 students. a. In...Ch. 9.5 - A computer programming team has 13 members. a. How...Ch. 9.5 - An instructor gives an exam with fourteen...Ch. 9.5 - A club is cosidering changing its bylaws. In an...Ch. 9.5 - Two new drugs -ire to be tested using a group of...Ch. 9.5 - Refer to Example 9.5.9. For each poker holding...Ch. 9.5 - How many pairs of two distinct integers chosen...Ch. 9.5 - A coin is tossed ten times. In each case the...Ch. 9.5 - (a) How many 16-bit strings contain exactly seven...Ch. 9.5 - (a) How many even integer are in the set...Ch. 9.5 - Suppose that three microchips in a production run...Ch. 9.5 - Ten points Libeled A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H, I. J...Ch. 9.5 - Suppose that you placed the letters in Example...Ch. 9.5 - (a) How many distinguishable ways can the letters...Ch. 9.5 - a. How man distinguishable ways can the letters...Ch. 9.5 - In Morse code, symbols are represented by...Ch. 9.5 - Each symbol in the Braile code is represented by a...Ch. 9.5 - On an 88 chessboard, a rook is allowed to move any...Ch. 9.5 - The number 42 has the prime factorization 237 ....Ch. 9.5 - a. How many one-of-one functions ant there from a...Ch. 9.5 - a. How many onto functions are there from a set...Ch. 9.5 - Let A be a set with eight elements. How many...Ch. 9.5 - A student council consists of three freshmen, four...Ch. 9.5 - An alternative way to derive Theorem 9.5.1 uses...Ch. 9.5 - Find the error in the following reasoning:...Ch. 9.6 - Given a set X={x1,x1,,xn} , an r-combination with...Ch. 9.6 - If X={x1,x1,,xn} , the numberof r-comhinations...Ch. 9.6 - When choosing k elements from a set of n elements,...Ch. 9.6 - (a) According to Theorem 9.6.1, how many...Ch. 9.6 - (a) According to Theorem 9.6.1, how many multisets...Ch. 9.6 - A bakery produces six different kinds of pastry,...Ch. 9.6 - A camera shop stocks eight different types of...Ch. 9.6 - If n is a positive integer, how many 4-tuples of...Ch. 9.6 - If n is a positive integer, how many 5-tuples of...Ch. 9.6 - Another way to count the nunibci ut nonricga-uve...Ch. 9.6 - In 8 and 9, how many times will the innermost loop...Ch. 9.6 - In 8 and 9, how many times will the innermost loop...Ch. 9.6 - In 10-14, find how many solutions there are to the...Ch. 9.6 - In 10-14, find how many solutions there are to the...Ch. 9.6 - In 10-14, find how many solutions there are to the...Ch. 9.6 - In 10-14, find how many solutions there are to the...Ch. 9.6 - In 10-14, find how many solutions there are to the...Ch. 9.6 - For how many integers from 1 through 99,999 is the...Ch. 9.6 - Consider the situation in Example 9.6.2. a....Ch. 9.6 - a. A store sells 8 colors of balloons with at...Ch. 9.6 - A large pile of coins consists of penruey nickels,...Ch. 9.6 - Suppose the bakery in exercise 3 has at least...Ch. 9.6 - Suppose the camera shop in exercise 4 can obtain...Ch. 9.6 - Observe that the number of columns in the trace...Ch. 9.7 - If n and r are nonnegative integers with rn , then...Ch. 9.7 - Pascal’s formula says that if n and r are positive...Ch. 9.7 - The crux of the algebraic proof of Pascal’s...Ch. 9.7 - The crux of the combinatorial proof of Pascal’s...Ch. 9.7 - The binomial theorem says that given any real...Ch. 9.7 - The crux of the algebraic proof of the binomial...Ch. 9.7 - The crux of the combinatorial proof of the...Ch. 9.7 - In 1-4, use Theorem 9.5.1 to compute the values of...Ch. 9.7 - In 1-4, use Theorem 9.5.1 to compute the values of...Ch. 9.7 - In 1-4, use Theorem 9.5.1 to compute the values of...Ch. 9.7 - In 1-4, use Theorem 9.5.1 to compute the values of...Ch. 9.7 - Use Theorem 9.5.1 to prove algebraically that...Ch. 9.7 - Justify the equations 6-9 either by deriving them...Ch. 9.7 - Justify the equations 6-9 either by deriving them...Ch. 9.7 - Justify the equations in 6-9 weithere by deriving...Ch. 9.7 - Justify the equations 6-9 either by deriving them...Ch. 9.7 - (a) Use Pascal’s triangle given in Table 9.7.1 to...Ch. 9.7 - The row of Pascal’s triangle that corresponds to...Ch. 9.7 - Use Pascal’s formula repeatedly to derive a...Ch. 9.7 - Use Pascal’s formula to prove by mathematical...Ch. 9.7 - Prove that if n is an integer and n1 , then...Ch. 9.7 - Prove the following generalization of exercise 13:...Ch. 9.7 - Think of a set with m+nelements as composed of two...Ch. 9.7 - Prove that for every integer n0 ,...Ch. 9.7 - Let m be any nonnegative integer. Use mathematical...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expression...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - Use the binomial theorem to expand the expressions...Ch. 9.7 - In Example 9.7.5 it was shown that...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - In 29-34, find the coefficient of the given term...Ch. 9.7 - As in the proof of the binomial theorem, transform...Ch. 9.7 - For every integer n1 ,...Ch. 9.7 - For every integer n0 ,...Ch. 9.7 - For every integer m0,i=0n( 1)i(im)2ni=1.Ch. 9.7 - For every integer n0,i=0n( 1)i(in)3ni=2n .Ch. 9.7 - For every integer n0 and for every nonnegative...Ch. 9.7 - For every integer n1 ,...Ch. 9.7 - Use mathematical induction to prove that for every...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43—54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43—54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43—54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - Express each of the sums in 43-54 in closed form...Ch. 9.7 - (For students who have studied calculus.) Explain...Ch. 9.8 - If A is an event in a sample space S,P(A) can...Ch. 9.8 - If A and B are disjoint events in a sample space...Ch. 9.8 - If A is an event in a sample space S,...Ch. 9.8 - If A and B are any events in a sample space S,...Ch. 9.8 - If the possible outcomes of random process or...Ch. 9.8 - In any sample space S, what is P() ?Ch. 9.8 - Suppose A,B, and C are mutually exclusive events...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose A and B are mutually exclusive events in a...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose A and B are events in a sample space S...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose A and B are events in a sample space S and...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose U and V are events in a sample space S and...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose a sample space S consists of three...Ch. 9.8 - Redo exercise 7 assuming that P(A)=0.5 and...Ch. 9.8 - Let A and B be events in a sample space S, and let...Ch. 9.8 - Redo exercise 9 assuming that P(A)=0.7, P(B)=0.3,...Ch. 9.8 - Prove that if S is any sample space and U and V...Ch. 9.8 - Prove that if S is any sample space and U and V...Ch. 9.8 - Use the axioms for probability and mathematical...Ch. 9.8 - A lottery game offers $2 million to the grand...Ch. 9.8 - A company offers a raffle whose grand prize is a...Ch. 9.8 - An urn contains four balls numbered 2, 2, 5, and...Ch. 9.8 - An urn contains five balls numbered 1,2,2,8, and...Ch. 9.8 - An urn contains five balls numbered 1,2,2,8, and...Ch. 9.8 - When a pair of balanced dice are rolled and the...Ch. 9.8 - Suppose a person offers to play a game with you....Ch. 9.8 - A person pays $1to play the following game. The...Ch. 9.8 - A fair coin is tossed until either a head comes up...Ch. 9.8 - A gambler repeatedly bets that a die will come up...Ch. 9.9 - If A and B are any events in a sample space S and...Ch. 9.9 - Bayes’ theorem says that if a sample space S is a...Ch. 9.9 - Events A and B in a sample space S are independent...Ch. 9.9 - Events A, B, and C in a sample space S are...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose?????. What is????Ch. 9.9 - Suppose P(XY)=1/3 and P(Y)=1/4. What is P(XY) ?Ch. 9.9 - The instructor of a discrete mathematics class...Ch. 9.9 - a. Prove that if A and B are any events in a...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose that A and B are events in a sample space...Ch. 9.9 - An urn contains 25 red balls and 15 blue balls....Ch. 9.9 - Redo exercise 6 assuming that the urn contains 30...Ch. 9.9 - A pool of 10 semifinalists for a job consists of 7...Ch. 9.9 - Prove Bayes’ theorem for n=2. That is, prove that...Ch. 9.9 - Prove the full version of Bayes’ theorem.Ch. 9.9 - One urn contains 12 blue balls and 7 white balls,...Ch. 9.9 - Redo exercise 11 assuming that the first urn...Ch. 9.9 - One urn contains 10 red balls and 25 green balls,...Ch. 9.9 - A drug-screening test is used in a large...Ch. 9.9 - Two different factories both produce a certain...Ch. 9.9 - Three different supplier.-X, Y. and Z-provide...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if A and B are events in a sample space...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if P(AB)=P(A)P(B),P(A)0 , and P(B)0 ,...Ch. 9.9 - A pair of fair dice, one blue and the other gray,...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose a fair coin is tossed three times. Let A...Ch. 9.9 - If A and B are events in a sample space S and AB=...Ch. 9.9 - Prove that if A and B are independent events in a...Ch. 9.9 - A student taking a multiple-chuice exam does not...Ch. 9.9 - A software company uses two quality assurance (QA)...Ch. 9.9 - A coin is loaded so that the probability of heads...Ch. 9.9 - Describe a sample space and events A,B, and C,...Ch. 9.9 - The example used to introduce conditional...Ch. 9.9 - A coin is loaded so that the probability of heads...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose that ten items are chosen at random from a...Ch. 9.9 - Suppose the probability of a false positive result...Ch. 9.9 - Empirical data indicate that approximately 103 out...Ch. 9.9 - A person takes a multiple-choice exam in which...Ch. 9.9 - In exercise 23 of Section 9.8, let Ck be the event...Ch. 9.9 - Use conditional probability to analyze exercise 20...
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