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Math 340, Fall 2019, Homework 10 (due Tuesday, Nov. 12)

1. Suppose the random variable \ has probability density function

0\ ÐBÑ œ 
-ÐB  "Ñ if !  B  "
! otherwise

a. Find -.

b. Find T Ð\   "# Ñ.

c. Find IÐ\Ñ. (Use the graph of 0\ to see if your answer makes sense.)

d. Find Z +<Ð\Ñ.

2. Suppose the random variable \ has probability density function 0\ ÐBÑ œ 

B#
$ if  "  B  #
! otherwise

a. Find the cumulative distribution function, J\ Ð>Ñ, for X.

b. Find T Ð  "  \  "Ñ.

c. Find T Ð!  \  "Ñ.

d. Find T Ð\  ! l \ Ÿ "Ñ.

e. Find T Ð\   !Ñ.

f. Find T Ð\  "l \   !Ñ.

3. The weekly repair cost, \ , for a certain machine has probability density function given by
0\ ÐBÑ œ 
-BÐ"  BÑ if ! Ÿ B Ÿ "
! otherwise
Measurements for \ are given in hundreds of dollars. That is, repair costs are between $! and $100.
a. Find -.

b. Find the probability that repair costs will exceed $75 during a week.

c. Find IÐ\Ñ.

4. A researcher has been observing a certain volcano for a long time. She knows that an eruption is
imminent and is equally likely to occur any time in the next 24 hours.
a. What is the probability that the volcano will not erupt for at least 15 hours?

b. Find a time > such that the probability the volcano would not have erupted by that time is only 10%.

5. A random variable \ has probability density function

0\ ÐBÑ œ 
#/#B !ŸB∞
! otherwise
a. Find T Ð\ Ÿ #).

b. Find IÐ\Ñ and Z +<Ð\Ñ.

6. 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 \ that has probability density function
if !  B  "
0\ ÐBÑ œ  -ÐB  #Ñ if "  B  #
#

! otherwise
Calculate the value of - .

7. Suppose that , is a random number from the interval from Ð  $ß $Ñ. What is the probability that the
quadratic equation B#  ,B  " œ ! has at least one real root?

8. The radius of a sphere is a random number between 2 and 4.

a. What is the expected value of its volume?
b. What is the probability that its volume is at most 361?