Grinstead-Snell-Probability · Problem 5.1.1

Distributions and Densities

Mathematics · discrete-distributions

Problem

For which of the following random variables would it be appropriate to assign a uniform distribution? (a) Let XX represent the roll of one die. (b) Let XX represent the number of heads obtained in three tosses of a coin. (c) A roulette wheel has 38 possible outcomes: 0, 00, and 1 through 36. Let XX represent the outcome when a roulette wheel is spun. (d) Let XX represent the birthday of a randomly chosen person. (e) Let XX represent the number of tosses of a coin necessary to achieve a head for the first time.

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