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    What is the Probability Mass Function

    1. Homework Statement Two world champion chess players play a sudden-death chess match where the first player to win a game wins the match. Each game is won by the first player with probability p and by the 2nd player with probability q and is a tie with probability (1-p-q). a) what is...
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    What is the expected time between bites in a jungle full of bees?

    1) What is the probability that you will get bitten in a single second. The probability of getting bitten (event B), given the bee lands on you (event A), is given as P(B|A)=0.2 and P(A) is given as =0.5 is it correct to say P(A|B) = P (A and B) / P(A) and solve for P(B) , I am not sure how...
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    What is the expected time between bites in a jungle full of bees?

    You are in a jungle, at each second a bee lands on your arm with a probability of 0.5. Given that a bee lands on you, it will bite your arm with a probability of 0.2 and not do anything with a probability of 0.8, independently of all other mosquitoes. What is the expected time between...
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