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Suppose that you continually collect coupons and that
Chapter 3, Problem 56P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 56P
Suppose that you continually collect coupons and that there are m different types. Suppose also that each time a new coupon is obtained, it is a type i coupon with probability pi, i = 1, ..., m.Suppose that you have just collected your nth coupon. What is the probability that it is a new type?
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QUESTION:
Problem 56P
Suppose that you continually collect coupons and that there are m different types. Suppose also that each time a new coupon is obtained, it is a type i coupon with probability pi, i = 1, ..., m.Suppose that you have just collected your nth coupon. What is the probability that it is a new type?
ANSWER:
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If we collect the coupons continually and that there are m different types and each time a new coupon is obtained, it is a type i coupon with probability , i = 1, 2,...,m.
If we just collected the nth coupon, then the claim is to find the probability that it is a new type.