Probability problems day 15

  1. Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be random variables which take on the values 0 and 1 with the following joint distribution:
\(Y = 0\) \(Y = 1\)
\(X = 0\) .1 0.3
\(X = 1\) .2 0.4
  1. Compute the marginal distributions of \(X\) and \(Y\).
  2. Compute the conditional distribution of \(X\) given \(Y = 1\).
  3. Are \(X\) and \(Y\) independent?
  1. The number of calls in a call center in a given hour follows a Poisson distribution with parameter \(3\). If there are no calls, then the bored workers flip a fair coin until they get heads. Let \(X\) be the number of calls and \(Y\) the number of coin flips they make in a given hour.
  1. Find the joint mass function of \(X\) and \(Y\).
  2. Are \(X\) and \(Y\) independent?
  1. (optional if you don’t know double integrals) Let \(U_1, U_2 \sim \text{Unif}(-1, 1)\). Compute \[E[|U_1 - U_2|].\]