Probability
Older Homeworks
Homework no. 1 (due Friday, 9/4)
- Chapter 1 - Problems
- No. 1b, 4, 12
- Chapter 1 - Theoretical Exercises
- No. 8
Homework no. 2 (due Friday, 9/11)
- Chapter 1 - Problems
- No. 20, 22, 25, 26, 29
- Chapter 1 - Theoretical Exercises
- No. 13 (Hint: Use a variant of the trick in Example 4e, page 10.)
Homework no. 3 (due Friday, 9/18)
- Chapter 2 - Problems
- No. 3, 9, 12ab, 15, 23, 29ab, 30
Homework no. 4 (due Friday, 9/25)
- Chapter 2 - Problems
- No. 25, 32, 33, 37, 42, 54
- Chapter 3 - Problems
- No. 1, 4, 6, 7
Homework no. 5 (due Friday, 10/2)
- Chapter 3 - Problems
- No. 15, 18, 21, 26, 29, 33, 36, 43, 45, 55
- Special problem
- A probability problem that got very famous in th 90s is the Monty Hall Problem (with many people, including mathematicians, publicly insisting on the incorrect solution as being the correct one!) Formulate its solution in terms of conditional probabilities and Bayes' formula!
Homework no. 6 (due Friday, 10/16)
- Chapter 4 - Problems
- No. 1, 8ac, 13, 17, 19, 20, 27, 28, 30, 38
Homework no. 7 (due Friday, 10/23)
- Chapter 4 - Problems
- No. 39, 40, 42, 43, 51, 52, 54, 61, 75, 78
- Chapter 4 - Theretical Exercises
- No. 16
Homework no. 8 (due Friday, 10/30)
- Chapter 5 - Problems
- No. 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18
Homework no. 9 (due Friday, 11/6)
- Chapter 5 - Problems
- No. 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39
Homework no. 10 (due Friday, 11/13)
- Chapter 6 - Problems
- No. 1, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23, 28, 32
Homework no. 11 (due Wednesday, 12/9)
Note: The homework is due only on Wednesday of the last week of classes, but you should try to do most of it as we go along with the corresponding material in class. Monday, 12/7 we will have time for questions on the homework in class.
- Chapter 7 - Problems
- No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 21, 45, 46, 47, 75,
76 - Chapter 8 - Problems
- No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 15,
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