Andres, Beth and Charlie do cold call sales for their investment firm. Today theyve made a little
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a) What are the respective chances of winning for the three sales people?
b) How likely is it that Beth will win on her third call?
c) Show the probability distribution for the random variable “number of calls made to determine a winner.”
d) What is the expected number of calls that will have to be made to declare a winner?
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a We can start by recognizing that the probability that Andres wins on his first call is 2 The probability that Beth wins on her first call is 82 16Andres must fail on his first call and Beth must the...View the full answer
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Understanding Business Statistics
ISBN: 978-1118145258
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Authors: Stacey Jones, Tim Bergquist, Ned Freed
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