*ANSWER* checking the answer of Q1

[eychen]

Dear all,

For Q1, I got nu_min around 0.375. Therefore, [d] would be the closet answer.
I feel the answer is reasonable, for the following consideration:

1. The probablity of getting no head outcomes in 10 trails is 1/1024.
2. For 1000 ten-times-thrown coins, the probability of getting no one with head count = 0 is [(1024-1)/1024]^1000 = 0.375.
3. In most cases, when there is no one with head count =0, the lowest head count is most likely to be 1.
4. Therefore, the expectation value of nu_min will be approximately 0*0.625 + 1*0.375 = 0.375.

Am I doing anything wrong? Or I misunderstood the question?

[yaser]

Originally Posted by eychen

Dear all,

For Q1, I got nu_min around 0.375. Therefore, [d] would be the closet answer.
I feel the answer is reasonable, for the following consideration:

1. The probablity of getting no head outcomes in 10 trails is 1/1024.
2. For 1000 ten-times-thrown coins, the probability of getting no one with head count = 0 is [(1024-1)/1024]^1000 = 0.375.
3. In most cases, when there is no one with head count =0, the lowest head count is most likely to be 1.
4. Therefore, the expectation value of nu_min will be approximately 0*0.625 + 1*0.375 = 0.375.

Am I doing anything wrong? Or I misunderstood the question?

Your reasoning is both nice and correct, and the problem is just technical that when you have 1 head, the corresponding is in fact 0.1, not 1.

[eychen]

Hi Yaser,

I see. nu is the fraction, not the number of the head count. Thank you!