A service station has both self-service and full-service islands. On each island
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A service station has both self-service and full-service islands. On each island, there is a single regular unleaded pump with two hoses. Let X denote the number of hoses being used on the self-service island at a particular time, and let Y denote the number of hoses on the full-service island in use at that time. The joint pmf of X and Y appears in the accompanying tabulation.
p(x, y)
(a) What is P(X = 1 and Y = 1)?
P(X = 1 and Y = 1) =
(b) Compute P(X 1 and Y 1).
P(X 1 and Y 1) =
(c) Give a word description of the event {X 0 and Y 0}.
At most one hose is in use at both islands.One hose is in use on both islands. At least one hose is in use at both islands.One hose is in use on one island.
Compute the probability of this event.
P(X 0 and Y 0) =
(d) Compute the marginal pmf of X.
Compute the marginal pmf of Y.
Using pX(x), what is P(X 1)?
P(X 1) =
p(x, y)
0 1 2 x 0 0.10 0.05 0.01 1 0.06 0.20 0.08 2 0.05 0.14 0.31Explanation / Answer
p(x, y)
(a) What is P(X = 1 and Y = 1)?
P(X = 1 and Y = 1) = 0.20
(b) Compute P(X 1 and Y 1).
P(X 1 and Y 1) = 0.10+0.05+0.06+0.20=0.41
c) Give a word description of the event {X 0 and Y 0}.
At least one hose is in use at both islands
Compute the probability of this event.
P(X 0 and Y 0) = 0.20+0.08+0.14+0.31=0.73
(d) Compute the marginal pmf of X.
Compute the marginal pmf of Y.
Using pX(x), what is P(X 1)?
P(X 1) =0.16+.34=0.50
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