Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3-5 - Discrete Uniform Distribution - Exercises - Page 80: 3-89

Answer

No, because if the distribution is uniform, the probability of obtaining any specific value are all the same and should be equal $\frac{1}{11}\approx0.09090$, but if we calculate $p(x=0)=0.75^{10}\approx0.56, p(x=10)=0.25^{10}\approx9.54\times10^{-7}$, this means that $p(x=0)\ne p(x=10)$

Work Step by Step

No, because if the distribution is uniform, the probability of obtaining any specific value are all the same and should be equal $\frac{1}{11}\approx0.09090$, but if we calculate $p(x=0)=0.75^{10}\approx0.56, p(x=10)=0.25^{10}\approx9.54\times10^{-7}$, this means that $p(x=0)\ne p(x=10)$
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