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1. The total number of hours measured in units of 100 hours that a family runs a
vacuum cleaner over a period of one year is a continuous random variable with
probability density function
x 0< x <1
f ( x )= 2 x 1< x < 2
0
elsewhere
B. What is the probability that over the course of a year a family runs the vacuum
cleaner
(1)
(2) less than 60 hours?
(.6)2
F(.6) = = .18
2
1 2
EX = 0 x2 dx + 1 x ( 2 x)dx= 1
1 2 7
EX2 = x 3dx + x2 (2 x)dx=
0 1 6
1
2 =
6
Median = 1 by symmetry
0 x0
F ( x )=
1 e
8x
x>0
A.What is the probability density function?
f ( x )= 8e 8x , x> 0