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Continous Random Variable

1. The probability density function of the battery failure time X is given. 2. To find P(0 ≤ x ≤ 10), the distribution function F(x) is integrated from 0 to 10. 3. To find P(x < 30), the distribution function F(x) is evaluated at 30. 4. To find P(x = 25), the distribution function F(x) is differentiated and evaluated at 25.

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Continous Random Variable

1. The probability density function of the battery failure time X is given. 2. To find P(0 ≤ x ≤ 10), the distribution function F(x) is integrated from 0 to 10. 3. To find P(x < 30), the distribution function F(x) is evaluated at 30. 4. To find P(x = 25), the distribution function F(x) is differentiated and evaluated at 25.

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Continuous Random Variable

Ansar Shahzadi
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
National University of Science and Technology(NUST)
Continuous Random Variable
A continuous random variable can assume any value
along a given interval of a number line.
Examples:
 Depth
 Volume
 Time
 Weight
 Length
Probability Density function
A function f(x) is called probability density function,
abbreviated to p.d.f, or simply density function of the r.v
X.
A p.d.f has the following properties
 f(x)≥ 𝑜, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑥
∞
 ‫׬‬−∞ 𝑓 𝑥 . 𝑑(𝑥) = 1
Distribution Function
F(x) is continuous and is differentiable everywhere
except at isolated points in the given range.
𝑥
𝐹 𝑥 = න 𝑓 𝑥 .𝑑 𝑥
−∞
F(x) is used for calculating probabilities.
The probability that X takes on a value in the interval [c,
d], c<d is given by
P(c<x ≤ d)=F(d)-F(c)
𝑑 𝑐 𝑑
= ‫׬‬−∞ 𝑓 𝑥 .𝑑 𝑥 - ‫׬‬−∞ 𝑓 𝑥 .𝑑 𝑥 = ‫𝑓 𝑐׬‬ 𝑥 .𝑑 𝑥
Example: Uniform Distribution
The uniform distribution is a continuous
distribution in which the same height, of f(X), is
obtained over a range of values.
1
 1 b−a
b − a for a xb
 f ( x)
f ( x) = 
 0 for all other values


Area = 1
a x b
Uniform Distribution
The cumulative distribution function of the uniform
random variable X is given by
For any x such that -∞<x≤ 0  0 for x0
x −a
x
F ( x) = 
−
0d ( x ) = 0
F ( x) =  for a xb
For any x such that a  x  b b − a
 1 for xb
a x 1 x−a
F ( x) =  0.d ( x) +  d ( x) =
− a b−a b−a
For x  b
a b 1 x
F ( x ) =  0d ( x ) +  d ( x ) +  0d ( x ) = 1
− a b−a b
Question: Uniform Distribution
The arrival time of a student in a class is uniformly
distributed with first 10 minutes. Find the probabilities
that
 the student arrive within first 5 minutes.
 the student arrive after 6 minutes.
 the student arrive between 2 to 7 minutes.
 the student arrive after 15 minutes.
Solution 1
10 for 0  x  10
The p.d.f of X is 
f ( x) = 
0 for all other values

The Cumulative distribution function of X is


0 for x0
x
F ( x) =  for 0  x  10
10
1 for x  10
0 for x0
x
F ( x) =  for 0  x  10
Solution 10
1 for x  10

 Find the probability that the student arrive within first


5 minutes.

 Find the probability that the student arrive after 6


minutes.
0 for x0
x
F ( x) =  for 0  x  10
10
Solution 1 for x  10

 Find the probability that the student arrive between 2


to 7 minutes.

 Find the probability that the student arrive after 15


minutes.
Question
A continuous random variable X has the following
function
𝑥 0<𝑥≤1
f(x)=ቐ2 − 𝑥 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 2
0 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
 Check that f(x) is probability density function.
 Obtain the expression of distribution function.
 Find the following probabilities
1 1 1 2 5 2 7
P(x> ), P( ≤𝑥≤ ), 𝑃( ≤𝑥≤ ), P(x= ), P(x< )
2 3 2 3 2 5 2
Solution
 Check that f(x) is probability density function.
For p.d.f we verify following condition
∞
‫׬‬−∞ 𝑓 𝑥 . 𝑑(𝑥) = 1
0 1 2 ∞
න 0. 𝑑 𝑥 + න 𝑥. 𝑑 𝑥 + න 2 − 𝑥 . 𝑑 𝑥 + න 0. 𝑑 𝑥 = 1
−∞ 0 1 2

 Obtain the expression of distribution function.


Solution
 Obtain the expression of distribution function.
𝑥
‫׬‬−∞ 0. 𝑑 𝑥 𝑥≤0
0 𝑥
‫׬‬−∞ 0. 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬0 𝑥. 𝑑 𝑥 0≤𝑥<1
F(x)= 0 1 𝑥 1≤𝑥<2
‫׬‬−∞ 0. 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬0 𝑥. 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬1 (2 − 𝑥)𝑑 𝑥
0 1 2 𝑥
‫׬‬−∞ 0. 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬0 𝑥. 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬1 2 − 𝑥 . 𝑑 𝑥 + ‫׬‬2 0. 𝑑 𝑥
𝑥≥2
Solution
 Find the following probabilities
1 1
P(x> )=1-F( )
2 2
1 1 1 1
P( ≤ 𝑥 ≤ ) = 𝐹( ) − 𝐹( )
3 2 2 3
2 5 5 2
𝑃 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ = 𝐹( )-F( )
3 2 2 3
2 2 2
P(x= )=F( )-F( )=0
5 5 5
7 7
P(x< )=F( )
2 2
Question
Suppose that the battery failure time, measured in
hours, has a probability density function, given by
𝟐
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 ≥ 𝟎
𝒇 𝒙 =ቐ 𝒙+𝟏 𝟑
𝟎 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆
 Find the probabilities of 𝑷(𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏𝟎), p(x<30), and
p(x=25)?
 Develop distributions function of x?

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