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370 Integral Problems Sol

This document provides solutions to practice problems involving integrals and probability distributions. It contains: 1) Solutions to integrals involving polynomials, exponential functions, and a change of variables. 2) Probability calculations for a uniform distribution between -1 and 1, including finding P(X≥a), E(X), and E(X^2). 3) Exponential distribution problems, such as finding P(a≤X≤b) and conditional probabilities. 4) More exponential distribution problems and finding expected values when a random variable Y is defined in terms of an exponential random variable X.

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370 Integral Problems Sol

This document provides solutions to practice problems involving integrals and probability distributions. It contains: 1) Solutions to integrals involving polynomials, exponential functions, and a change of variables. 2) Probability calculations for a uniform distribution between -1 and 1, including finding P(X≥a), E(X), and E(X^2). 3) Exponential distribution problems, such as finding P(a≤X≤b) and conditional probabilities. 4) More exponential distribution problems and finding expected values when a random variable Y is defined in terms of an exponential random variable X.

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Math 370, Actuarial Problemsolving

A.J. Hildebrand

Practice Problems on Integrals


Solutions
1. Evaluate the following integrals:
(a)

R1
0

(x3 + 2x5 + 3x10 )dx

Solution: (1/4) + 2(1/6) + 3(1/11)


R
(b) 0 (1 + x)5 dx
R
Solution: Change variables y = 1 + x: 1 y 5 dy = 1/4
R
(c) 0 x(1 + x)5 dx
R
R
R
Solution: Change variables y = 1+x: 1 (y 1)y 5 dy = 1 y 4 dy 1 y 5 dy =
(1/3) (1/4) = 1/12
R 3x
(d) 1 e dx
Solution: (1/3)e3
R
(e) 1 xe3x dx
Solution: (4/9)e3 (use integration by parts)
R
2
(f) |x|ex /2 dx
R
2
Solution: By symmetry, this is 2 0 xex /2 dx. Substituting u = x2 , du = 2xdx,
R u/2
this becomes 0 e
du = 2
2. Given that X has density (p.d.f.)
(
1 |x| for 1 < x < 1,
f (x) =
0
otherwise,
evaluate:
(a) P (X 1/2)
R1
R
Solution: P (X 1/2) = 1/2 f (x)dx = 1/2 (1 x)dx = 1/8. (Alternatively,
determine the answer geometrically, as the area under the graph of f (x) from 1/2
to 1)
(b) P (X 1/2)
R0
R1
R
Solution: P (X 1/2) = 1/2 f (x)dx = 1/2 (1 + x)dx + 0 (1 x)dx = 7/8.
(Again, this can also be obtained geometrically, via area considerations.)
(c) E(X)
Solution: E(X) =

xf (x)dx

R0

1 x(1

+ x)dx +

R1
0

x(1 x)dx = 0.

(d) E(X 2 )
Solution: E(X 2 ) =

R1

2
1 x f (x)dx

R0

2
1 x (1

+ x)dx +

R1
0

x2 (1 x)dx = 1/6.

Math 370, Actuarial Problemsolving

A.J. Hildebrand

(e) F (x) (the c.d.f.)


Solution: First, note that for x < 1, F (x) = 0, and for x > 1, RF (x) = 1, so
x
it remains to consider the range 1 x 1. In this range, F (x) = f (t)dt =
Rx
1 (1 |t|)dt. Because of the absolute value sign in f (t) = 1 |t|, we need to
consider separately the cases when 1 x < 0 and 0 x 1, and split the
integral at 0 in the latter case. For 1 x < 0,
t=x
 



(1)2
x2 1
x2
t2
(1) +
= x+ + .
= x+
F (x) =
(1 + t)dt = t +
2 t=1
2
2
2
2
1
Z

In particular, F (1) = 0, F (0) = 1/2, as expected. For 0 x 1,


Z

F (x) =

Z
(1 + t)dt +


t=x
t2
x2
1
1
(1 t)dt = + t
= +x .
2
2 t=0
2
2

Altogether, F (x) is given by

x +
F (x) =

x2
2
x2
2

+
+

1
2.
1
2.

for
for
for
for

x < 1,
1 x 0,
0 x 1,
x > 1.

3. Let X be exponentially distributed with mean 2. Determine:


(a) P (X 5).
Solution: We have P (X 5) = e5/ = e5/2 , by the tail formula for an
exponential distribution.
(b) P (2 X 5).
Solution: We have F (x) = 1 ex/2 for x 0, so P (2 X 5) = F (5) F (2) =
(1 e5/2 ) (1 e2/2 ) = e1 e5/2 .
(c) P (2 < X < 5).
Solution: Since X has a continuous distribution, this is the same as P (2 X 5)
computed above.
(d) P (X 5|X 2).
Solution: By the definition of conditional probabilities,
P (X 5|X 2) =
=
(e) P (X 5|X 2).

P (X 5 and X 2)
P (X 2)
e5/2
P (X 5)
= 2/2 = e3/2 .
P (X 2)
e

Math 370, Actuarial Problemsolving

Solution:

A.J. Hildebrand

By the same argument,

P (X 5|X 2) =
=

P (X 5 and X 2)
P (X 2)
e1 e5/2
P (2 X 5)
=
= 1 e3/2 .
P (X 2)
e2/2

(Alternatively, one can derive this from the previous part, using the complement
rule for conditional probabilities: P (X 5|X 2) = 1 P (X 5|X 2))
4. Suppose X has exponential distribution with median 3. Determine:
(a) E(X).
Solution: We are given that 0.5 = F (3) = 1 e3/ . Solving for gives =
3/ ln 0.5 = 3/ ln 2. Hence E(X) = = 3/ ln 2 = 4.32.
(b) The 75-th percentile of the distribution of X.
Solution: We have F (x) = 1 ex/ = 1 ex(ln 2)/3 . To get the 75-th percentile,
we set F (x) = 0.75 and solve for x: 1 ex(ln 2)/3 =0.75 x = (3 ln 0.25/ ln 2) =
3 ln 4/ ln 2) = 3 2 = 6.
5. Let X be exponentially distributed with mean 2, and let Y be defined by
(
0
if X 1,
Y =
X 1 if X > 1.
Find E(Y ).
Solution:

Integrating by parts, we get


Z
1
E(Y ) =
(x 1) ex/2 dx
2
1
Z

= (x 1)ex/2 +
ex/2 dx
1
1

x/2
1/2
= 0 2e
.
= 2e
1

6. Let X be exponentially distributed with mean 2, and let


(
X if X 5,
Y =
5 if X > 5.
Find E(Y ).
Solution:
Z
1 x/2
1
5 ex/2 dx
x e
dx +
E(Y ) =
2
2
0
5
Z
5 Z 5
5 x/2

e
dx
= xex/2 +
ex/2 dx +
2 5
0
0
Z

= 5e5/2 + 2(1 e5/2 ) + 5(e5/2 )


= 2(1 e5/2 )
3

Math 370, Actuarial Problemsolving

A.J. Hildebrand

7. Let X be exponentially distributed with mean 2, and let Y be defined by


(
X
if X 1,
Y =
(1/2)(X + 1) if X > 1.
Find E(Y ).
Solution:
Z
1
1
1
(x + 1) ex/2 dx
x ex/2 dx +
2
2
2
1
0


1 Z 1
1 Z
1
x/2
x/2
x/2
x/2
e
dx + (x + 1)e
= xe
e
dx
+
+
2
2 1
0
1
0


= e1/2 + 2(1 e1/2 ) + 2e1/2 + 2e1/2
Z

E(Y ) =

1
= 2(1 e1/2 )
2
8. Let X be exponentially distributed with mean 3, and let Y = max(X, 2). Find E(Y ).
Solution:

Note that

(
2
Y =
X

if X 2,
if X > 2.

Thus,
Z

1
2 ex/3 dx +
3

1
x ex/3 dx
3
0
2
Z

= 2(1 e2/3 ) xex/3 +
ex/3 dx

E(Y ) =

2/3

= 2(1 e

2/3

) + 2e

+ 3e2/3 = 2 + 3e2/3

9. Assume the amount of damage, X, in an auto accident is exponentially distributed with


mean 2. (All figures are thousands of dollars.)
(a) Suppose first the insurance company covers the actual amount of the loss, up to a
maximum of 5. What is the average payoff?
Solution:

Letting Y denote the payoff, we have Y = min(X, 100), i.e.,


(
X if X 5,
Y =
5 if X > 5.

and we need to compute E(Y ). This is the calculation carried out in Problem 6;
the result is E(Y ) = 2(1 e5/2 ).
(b) Suppose now the insurance company covers the full amount of the loss minus a
deductible of 1. What is the average payoff?

Math 370, Actuarial Problemsolving

Solution:

A.J. Hildebrand

Letting Y denote the payoff, we now have


(
0
if X 1,
Y =
X 1 if X > 1.

We need to compute E(Y ). This is the computation carried out in Problem 5; the
result is E(Y ) = 2e1/2 .
(c) Suppose the insurance company covers the full amount of the loss up to 1, and 50%
of any loss in excess of 1. What is the average payoff?
Solution:

Letting Y denote the payoff, we now have


(
X
if X 1,
Y =
1 + (1/2)(X 1) = (1/2)(X + 1) if X > 1.

We need to compute E(Y ). By the calculation of Problem 7, we get E(Y ) =


2(1 12 e1/2 ).

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