Practice Test 4Part2Continuous

Random VariablesI.CRV1.A
college professor always finishes
his lectures within 2 minutes after
the bell rings to end the period
and the end of thelecture.LetX=
the time that elapses between the
bell and the end of the lecture
and suppose the probability
densityfunction (pdf)
ofXis2302( )80otherwisedd°®°¯xxf
xHint: it is helpful to sketch the
graph of pdf and shade the
probabilities.a.What is the
probability that the lecture ends
within 1minutes of the bell
ringing?b.What is the probability
that the lecture continues beyond
the bell for between 60 and 90
seconds?c.What is the probability
that the lecture continues for at
least 90 seconds beyond the bell?
2.The timeX(minutes) for a lab
assistant to prepare the equipment
for a certain experiment is
believed to have a
uniformdistribution withA= 20
andB= 30.a.Write the pdf ofXand
sketch its graph.b.What is the
probability that preparation time
exceeds 27 minutes?c.Find the
preparation mean time, then
calculate the probability that
preparation is within 2 minutes of
the meantime?d.For anyasuch
that 20 <a<a+ 2 < 30, what is the
probability that preparation time
is betweenaandminutes?3.“Time
headway” in traffic flow is the
elapsed time between the time
that one car finishes passing a
fixed point and theinstant that the
next car begins to pass that
point.LetX= the time headway for
two randomly chosen consecutive
carson a freeway during a period
of heavy flow.The following pdf
ofX±
²±²0.150.50.150.50otherwisexexf
x³³t°®°¯What is the probability
that the time headway isa.At most
6 seconds?b.At least 6 seconds?
c.At most 5 seconds?d.Between 5
and 6 seconds?4.The cumulative
density function (cdf) of checkout
durationXfor a book on a 2-hour
reserve at a college library
isgiven by:200( )02412xxF xxx´°°d
´®°d°¯Hint: it is helpful to sketch
the graph of cdf andshade the
probabilities.Find the following