EN.553.420 Final: Final No Solutions Fall 2013
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2 5 pm thursday december 19, 2013. I agree to complete this examination without unauthorized assistance from any person, materials or device. Answers are to be written clearly and concisely, and clearly labelled (for example, with a box drawn around the intended answer). Please answer each question on the page on which it is stated, using the back of the page if necessary. Producing the correct answer is not su cient to obtain full credit on a problem. It is important to show and explain your work; your answer must be properly justi ed (with at least key words and phrases) to receive full credit. The total number of points possible is 150, but will be re-scaled to 100 for purposes of replacing a midterm score. [1] suppose events a and b are disjoint, with p [a] = 0. 3 and p [b] = 0. 5. [3] suppose that x is a poisson random variable with parameter > 0.
