Matching a clipped maximum and a clipped minimum
Question
Integers and are each chosen independently and uniformly from . What is the probability that ?
Short answer
. The left side is at least 0 and the right side at most 0, so both must equal 0. That happens exactly when and , each with 11 of the 21 values, giving .
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- Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions
- Cumulative Distribution Functions
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
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