13. This problem might require thought. A lamp holds 3 bulbs. There are two kinds of bulbs, short-lived red ones with me
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 12:51 pm
13. This problem might require thought. A lamp holds 3 bulbs. There are two kinds of bulbs, short-lived red ones with mean lifetime 1 day, and long-lived green ones with mean lifetime 3 days. All bulb lifetimes have exponential distributions independent of each other. Whenever a green light bulb burns out, it is replaced by a red one. Whenever a red light bulb burns out, it is replaced by a green one. Define variables and write equations that, if solved, would yield the probability distribution of the number of green light bulbs at a random moment when a bulb has just been replaced.