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EE 5375/7375 Homework 1
Electrical Engineering Department
Southern Methodist University

Due: 18 September 2016, 2:00PM

Download the assignment and print. Do all work on the printed document. Work only on 1 side of
paper, add page if needed. Also, read the document Sets.pdf on the website for 5375/7375 for some
set definitions.
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A bent coin toss has a random variable X that denotes either a head or a tail.. Thus, the set S =
{head, tail}. A single coin toss has the probability of a head is P [H] = p, while the probability of
a tail is P [T ] = q = 1 p. When the coin is tossed n times the number of times that produces a
head can be an even or an odd number. Show the probability that the number of heads is an even
number is

1
1 + (q p)n
P [even number of Hs] =
2

Hint : Compare the expansions of (p + q)n and (p q)n .

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You win a lottery if you correctly predict (not ordered) the numbers of 6 balls drawn from an urn
containing balls numbered from 1, 2, 3,. . ., 49. What is the probability of your winning for the cases
below if you by 1 ticket.
(a.) After drawing a ball and noting the ball number, it is replaced in the urn. Repeat 5 more times
for a total of 6 times.
(b.) After drawing a ball and noting the ball number, it is not replaced in the urn. Repeat 5 more
times for a total of 6 times.

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The double sided exponential pdf (AKA mass density function) is

fX (x) = C e|x| ,
where C and are positive constants. Note that the function fX (x) is symmetric about x = 0, i.e.,
fX (x) = fX (x) because |x| = | x|. Symmetry about x = 0 also implies the mean of fX (x) is
Z
=

x fX (x) dx = 0.

(a) Calculate C in terms of ,

(b) Calculate it terms of the variance, 2 ,
(c) Write the mass density function fX (x) using only the variance 2 .
(d) Calculate E[ejx ], the expected value of ejx = cos x + j sin x.

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There are 3 sets of things

A = {1, 2, 3, 4},
B = {a, b, c},
C = {R, S}.
X is the random variable related to A and it has probabilities pX = {1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8}, i.e., if A2 is
subset of A A2 = {2}, then P [A2 ] = P [X = 2] = 1/4. Y and Z are RVs associated with B and C,
respectively. Their probabilities are pY = {1/2, 3/8, 1/8} and pZ = {3/4, 1/4}.
(a) Write the set of the Cartesian product A B; illustrate in 2 dimensional space, the Cartesian
product A B; assume members of A along the x axis and members of B along the y axis, (Note
that the RV associated with A B is a new one.)
(b) If B3 = {c}, identify A2 B3 in part (a) and its corresponding probability, P [A2 B3 ],
(c) Illustrate in 2 dimensional space, the Cartesian product A C; assume members of A along the
x axis and members of C along the z axis,
(d) Illustrate in 3 dimensional space, the Cartesian product (A B) C; assume members of A
along the x axis, members of B along the y axis, and members of C along the z axis.