概率系统分析课程第10次辅导题.pdfVIP

DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringComputerScience

6.041/6.431:ProbabilisticSystemsAnalysis

(Fall2010)

Recitation10

October12,2010

•Question1.Thetwopartsofthisquestionareaboutidentitiesforaprobabilisticmodelwith

samplespaceΩ,eventsAandB,anddiscreterandomvariableX.Anytimeconditioningonan

eventisindicated,theeventhaspositiveprobability.Anidentityistruewhenitholdswithout

anyadditionalrestrictions;itisfalsewhenthereisanycounterexample.

1.1.Whichoneofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

(a)P(A∩B)maybelargerthanP(A).

(b)ThevarianceofXmaybelargerthanthevarianceof2X.

cc

(c)IfA∩B=∅,thenP(A∪B)=1.

cc

(d)IfA∩B=∅,thenP(A∩B)=P(A)P(B).

(e)IfP(A)1/2andP(B)1/2,thenP(A∪B)=1.

1.2.Whichoneofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

(a)IfE[X]=0,thenP(X0)=P(X0).

c

(b)P(A)=P(A|B)+P(A|B)

c

(c)P(B|A)+P(B|A)=1

cc

(d)P(B|A)+P(B|A)=1

c

(e)P(B|A)+P(B|A)=1

•Question2.Provideclearreasoning;partialcreditispossible

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