Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 7th edition 2017
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Section 5-4
5.4.1 E(X) = 1(3/8) + 2(1/2) + 4(1/8) = 15/8 = 1.875
5.4.2
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5.4.3 Let X and Y denote the number of patients who improve or degrade, respectively, and let Z denote
the number of patients that remain the same. If X = 0, then Y can equal 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. However, if
X = 4 then Y = 0. Consequently, the range of the joint distribution of X and Y is not rectangular.
Therefore, X and Y are not independent.
Var(X + Y) = Var(X) + Var(Y) + 2Cov(X,Y).
Therefore,