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EXERCISE 15B (CRV)

1. A continuous random variable X has probability density function


𝑘𝑥, 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Determine the value of k.
Find 𝑃(𝑋 > 4) and 𝑃(2 < 𝑋 < 3).
Find value of m if 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 𝑚) = 0.5.
Find mean and variance of X.

2. A c.r.v. X has probability density function


ln 𝑥 , 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑘
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Determine the value of k.
Find 𝑃(𝑋 > 2).
Find expectation of X.

3. A c.r.v. X has cumulative distribution function


0, 𝑥<0
1 2
𝐹(𝑥) = { 𝑥 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
𝑘
1, 𝑥>2
Determine the value of k.
Find the median of X.
Obtain the probability density function of X.
Sketch graph of 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝐹(𝑥).

4. A c.r.v. X has probability density function


𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞, 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
1
If 𝑃(𝑋 < 2) = , find the value of p and q.
9
Hence, find 𝐸(3 − 2𝑋) and 𝑉𝑎𝑟(3 − 2𝑋).

5. A c.r.v. X has probability density function


𝑘𝑥(5 − 𝑥), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
3
Show that 𝑘 = .
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Obtain the cumulative distribution function X.
Find the expected value of X.
Find the mode value of X. (Hint: find the maximum point of the quadratic curve)
Verify that the median value of X lies between 2.3 and 2.4.

6. The only petrol station of a small town is supplied with petrol every Monday.
Assume that the sales X, in ten of thousands of litres of petrol, has probability density
function
6𝑥(1 − 𝑥), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Find the mean and variance of X.
If the probability that the town runs out of petrol in a given week is 25%, show that the
amount of petrol supplied is between 6700 and 6800 litres.

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