Solved: Consider the bar code in Example 2-12. Suppose

Chapter 2, Problem 117E

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QUESTION:

Consider the bar code in Example 2-12. Suppose that all 40 codes are equally likely (none is held back as a delimiter). Determine the probability for each of the following:

(a) The second bar is wide given that the first bar is wide.

(b) The third bar is wide given that the first two bars are not wide.

(c) The i rst bar is wide given that the last bar is wide.

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QUESTION:

Consider the bar code in Example 2-12. Suppose that all 40 codes are equally likely (none is held back as a delimiter). Determine the probability for each of the following:

(a) The second bar is wide given that the first bar is wide.

(b) The third bar is wide given that the first two bars are not wide.

(c) The i rst bar is wide given that the last bar is wide.

ANSWER:

Solution:

Step 1 of 4:

A bar code system consists of tight and wide bars separated by either wide or limit space.

Each character contains nine elements (five bars and four spaces). The code for a character starts and ends with a bar and space in each character.


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