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You roll two dice.
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Suppose there is an asset X whose current value is $90, and we
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Suppose the current price of a stock is $100. The price has
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Suppose X, and Y are independent Brownian Motions that at time
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A player A tosses 100 coins. B tosses 99 coins. B wins if he has
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The number 123456789(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) is written in the base
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Without using computers, calculators or other computation
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There is a 6-faced fair die.
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The population of an endangered species at year N is denoted by

Assume

Po== 100

P updates by the rule

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with probability 1/2.

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A family has two children. The genders of the first-born and
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The seasons in which the children were born in are independent,
with all 4 seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall) equally likely.
Find the probability to 4 decimal places that both children are
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Without using computers, calculators or other computation
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(Part 1 of 2) - There are 3 random variables X, Y and Z. The
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Calculate the minimum correlation between Y and Z, to four
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(Part 2 of 2) - There are 3 random variables X, Y and Z. The
correlation between X and Y is 0.8 and correlation between X and
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Calculate the maximum correlation between Y and Z, to four
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