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15.3 Exercise 3

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(See Exercise 5 from "Problems on Random Variables and Joint Distributions") Suppose a pair of dice is rolled. Let X be the total number of spots which turn up. Roll the pair an additional X times. Let Y be the number of sevens that are thrown on the X rolls. Determine the distribution for Y. What is the probability of three or more sevens?

Pfeiffer, Applied Probability, 15.3 Problems on Random Selection, exercise 3

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