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Grade 12

EXT: Measures of Variability of Continuous Random Distribution

Interactive practice questions

Consider the probability density function $p$p where $p\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{20}$p(x)=120 when $25\le x\le45$25x45 and $p\left(x\right)=0$p(x)=0 otherwise.

a

Use integration to determine the expected value of $p\left(x\right)$p(x).

b

Use integration to determine the variance of $p\left(x\right)$p(x).

Round your answer to two decimal places if necessary

Easy
5min

Consider the probability density function $p$p, where $p\left(x\right)>0$p(x)>0 when $4\le x\le12$4x12 and $p\left(x\right)=0$p(x)=0 otherwise.

The graph of $y=p\left(x\right)$y=p(x) is shown below.

Easy
9min

The probability density function of a random variable $X$X is drawn below. Its non-zero values lie in the region $0\le x\le k$0xk.

Easy
6min

Consider the probability density function $p$p, where $p\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{18}\left(x+1\right)$p(x)=118(x+1) when $-1\le x\le5$1x5 and $p\left(x\right)=0$p(x)=0 otherwise.

Easy
4min
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