Homework 3


due in class, Tuesday January 25



You must SHOW ALL WORK for full credit (except for things computed entirely in R; if you use R for any of these problems, you should clearly say so). Please staple your assignment if it is more than one page.

Required problems:

1) 5.6 (p. 169)
2) 5.19 (p. 180) parts (a)-(e)
3) 5.33 (p. 186) parts (a)-(c)
4) Calculus-based probability handout, problem 1
5) Calculus-based probability handout, problem 3
And please also turn in (there will be a separate anonymous envelope) the mid-quarter course evaluation.

Optional problems:

6) 5.5 (p. 169)
7) 5.56 (p. 190)
8) Calculus-based probability handout, problem 2
9) Calculus-based probability handout, problem 4



If you have the 8th edition, the corresponding problems are: 1) 5.6 (177), 2) 5.19 (189) parts (a)-(e), 3) 5.25 (193) parts (a)-(c), 4) same, 5) same, 6) 5.5 (177), 7) 5.50 (190), 8) same, 9) same