Suppose that there is an urn that contains m black balls and (l−m) white balls (0<m<l). You randomly draw n balls with replacement (n>0). Answer the following questions with explanation.
(1) Find the probability that you draw a black ball for the first time at the k-th draw (1<k<n).
(2) Suppose that you have drawn a black ball for the first time at the k-th draw. Find the probability that you draw one or more black balls in the remaining (n−k) draws.
Let Xj be a random variable the value of which is 1 if the j-th ball is black, and 0 otherwise (j=1,…,n). If necessary, you can use the equalities ∑j=1nj=n(n+1)/2, and ∑j=1nj2=n(n+1)(2n+1)/6.
(3) Find the expected value E[Xj] of Xj.
(4) Let R=∑j=1njXj. Find the expected value E[R] of R.
(5) Find the variance Var[R]=E[R2]−(E[R])2 of R.
假设有一个包含 m 个黑球和 (l−m) 个白球的罐子 (0<m<l)。你随机有放回地抽取 n 个球 (n>0)。回答以下问题并解释。
(1) 计算第一次在第 k 次抽到黑球的概率 (1<k<n)。
(2) 假设你第一次在第 k 次抽到黑球。计算在接下来的 (n−k) 次抽中至少再抽到一个黑球的概率。
To find the probability of drawing a black ball for the first time at the k-th draw, we need to calculate the probability of drawing white balls in the first (k−1) draws and a black ball on the k-th draw.
Let p=lm be the probability of drawing a black ball in any given draw, and q=1−p=ll−m be the probability of drawing a white ball.
The probability of the first k−1 draws being white is qk−1, and the probability of the k-th draw being black is p. Hence, the probability of this event is:
Given that the first black ball is drawn at the k-th draw, we want to find the probability of drawing at least one more black ball in the remaining (n−k) draws.
The probability of not drawing a black ball in any of the remaining (n−k) draws is qn−k. Therefore, the probability of drawing at least one black ball in the remaining draws is:
The random variable Xj indicates whether the j-th ball is black. Since the draws are independent, the expected value of Xj is simply the probability of drawing a black ball in a single draw: