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Q46Section C (Section C)46 of 60

MLE of lambda in a Poisson mixture

Let (X1,Y1),…,(X100,Y100)(X_1,Y_1),…,(X_{100},Y_{100}) be i.i.d. discrete random vectors each having joint probability mass function P(X=x,Y=y)=e−(1+x)λ((1+x)λ)yy! px(1−p)1−x,x∈{0,1},  y∈N∪{0},\mathbb{P}(X=x,Y=y)=\frac{e^{-(1+x)\lambda}((1+x)\lambda)^y}{y!}\,p^x(1-p)^{1-x},\quad x\in\{0,1\},\; y\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\}, where λ>0\lambda>0 and 0<p<10<p<1 are unknown parameters. If the observed values of ∑i=1100Xi\sum_{i=1}^{100}X_i and ∑i=1100Yi\sum_{i=1}^{100}Y_i are 5454 and 521521 respectively, the maximum likelihood estimate of λ\lambda is equal to __________ (round off to 2 decimal places)

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