A student who is trying to write a paper for a course has a choice of two topics, A and B. If topic A is chosen, the student will order two books through interlibrary loan, whereas if topic B is chosen, the student will order four books. The student believes that a good paper necessitates receiving and using at least half the books ordered for either topic chosen. If the probability that a book ordered through interlibrary loan actually arrives in time is .9 and books arrive independently of one another, which topic should the student choose to maximize the probability of writing a good paper? What if the arrival probability is only .5 instead of .9?

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Answer 1

Answer:

[tex]\text{For topic A }:0.99\\\text{For Topic B}: 0.6875[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Topic A: Two books are ordered

Topic B: Four books are ordered

Let X= number of books arrived

The probability that a book actually arrives in time is 0.9

i.e., p=0.9

For Topic A:

[tex]P(X\geq 1)=P(X=1)+P(X=2)\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 1)= \;^2C_1 (0.9)^1(0.1)^(2-1)+\;^2C_2 (0.9)^2(0.1)^(2-2)\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 1)=0.18+0.81\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 1)=0.99[/tex]

For Topic B:

[tex]P(X\geq 2)=P(X=2)+P(X=3)+P(X=4)\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 2)=1-[P(X=0)+P(X=1)]\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 2)=1-[\;^4C_0(0.5)^0(0.5)^4 +\;^4C_0(0.5)^1(0.5)^3]\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 2)=1-[0.0625+0.25]\\\Rightarrow P(X\geq 2)=0.6875[/tex]


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Let f and g be two functions. If

f(g(x)) = x and g(f(x)) = x,

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Finding Inverses

Example 1. First consider a simple example f(x) = 3x + 2.

The graph of f is a line with slope 3, so it passes the horizontal line test and does have an inverse.

There are two steps required to evaluate f at a number x. First we multiply x by 3, then we add 2.

Thinking of the inverse function as undoing what f did, we must undo these steps in reverse order.

The steps required to evaluate f-1 are to first undo the adding of 2 by subtracting 2. Then we undo multiplication by 3 by dividing by 3.

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Replace f(x) by y in the equation describing the function.

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Solve for y.

Replace y by f-1(x).

Example 2.  f(x) = 6 - x/2

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Step 2 x = 6 - y/2.

Step 3 x = 6 - y/2.

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y = 12 - 2x.

Step 4 f-1(x) = 12 - 2x.

Step 2 often confuses students. We could omit step 2, and solve for x instead of y, but then we would end up with a formula in y instead of x. The formula would be the same, but the variable would be different. To avoid this we simply interchange the roles of x and y before we solve.

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This is the function we worked with in Exercise 1. From its graph (shown above) we see that it does have an inverse. (In fact, its inverse was given in Exercise 1.)

Step 1 y = x3 + 2.

Step 2 x = y3 + 2.

Step 3 x - 2 = y3.

(x - 2)^(1/3) = y.

Step 4 f-1(x) = (x - 2)^(1/3).

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Graph f(x) = 1 - 2x3 to see that it does have an inverse. Find f-1(x). Answer

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Given the position function

s(t) = 3 - cos(t )

differentiate once to get the velocity, and twice to get the acceleration:

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a(t) = s''(t) = v'(t) = cos(t )   →   a (4.3 s) ≈ -0.40

The acceleration is negative, so the particle is slowing down.

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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