Haven't seen a public response to this question that I find credible,
and am curious. Is the problem as described solvable?
If n is finite, what meaning attaches to "P(X=n+2)" and "P(X=n+1)"?
If n is infinite, shouldn't the description read, without reference
to an apparently finite n, "X(omega)={1,2,3,...}"?
Or should the description read "for every i in {1,2,3,...,n-2}"?
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Yonah Russ wrote:
> how do you solve a problem like this one?
> thanks in advance
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> X is a chance variable such that X(omega)={1,2,3...,n}
> and for every i in {1,2,3...n}, 4P(X=i+2)=5P(X=i+1)-P(X=i)
>
> find the breakdown of X.
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