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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 = .
    56
    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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