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This document contains a tutorial for UCCD 1143 Probability and Statistics for Computing, focusing on continuous random variables and their probability density functions (PDFs). It includes multiple exercises requiring the calculation of constants, probabilities, and evaluations of PDFs. The tutorial covers various scenarios involving random variables and their distributions, providing a comprehensive practice for students.

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Tutorial 05

This document contains a tutorial for UCCD 1143 Probability and Statistics for Computing, focusing on continuous random variables and their probability density functions (PDFs). It includes multiple exercises requiring the calculation of constants, probabilities, and evaluations of PDFs. The tutorial covers various scenarios involving random variables and their distributions, providing a comprehensive practice for students.

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UCCD 1143 Probability and Statistics for Computing

Tutorial 5
Continuous Random Variable
1. The random variable X has a probability density function

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𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑟 , 2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 10,
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.

Find r.

2. The random variable X has a probability density function

𝑘(2𝑥 + 3) , − 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2,
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.

Find k.
[Show your answer in fraction.]

3. The random variable X has a probability density function

ℎ(1 − 𝑥), 0 < 𝑥 < 1,


𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.

Find h.
[Show your answer in fraction.]

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4. The random variable X has a probability density function given by

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(4 − 3𝑥 2 ) , − 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1,
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𝑓(𝑥) = {1 , 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 2,
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0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.
Show your answer in fraction.
a) Sketch the probability density function.
b) Find 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 0).
c) Find 𝑃(0.5 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 1.5).

5. Consider the density function

𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑘√𝑥, 0 < 𝑥 < 1,


0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒,

where k is a constant number.


a) Evaluate k.
[Show your answer in fraction.]
b) Find F(x) and use it to evaluate 𝑃(0.3 < 𝑋 < 0.6).
[Show your answer in 4 decimal places.]

6. A continuous random variable X has a probability density function

𝑎𝑥 2 , − 2 < 𝑥 < 2,
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.

where a is a constant number.


a) Find the value of a.
[Show your answer in fraction.]
b) If 𝑃(|𝑋| < 𝑚) = 0.5, find m.
[Show your answer in 3 decimal places.]

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7. A continuous random variable X has a probability density function defined by


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(2𝑥 + 1), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1,
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𝑓(𝑥) = 1
(4 − 𝑥)2 , 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4,
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{ 0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.
[Show your answer in fraction.]
a) 1
Show that the continuous distribution function, F(𝑥) for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1 is 5 𝑥(𝑥 + 1).

b) Find the value of 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 1).


c) 17
Find the value of x for which 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 𝑥) = 20.

8. The probability density function f of a continuous random variable X is defined as follows:

𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏, 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 4,
𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑏𝑥 + 𝑎, 4 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.

[Show your answer in fraction.]


a) 23
If 𝑃(2 ≤ 𝑋 < 4) = 51, find the values of a and b.

b) Find 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 3).

9. 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 𝑋 that has the density
function

𝑥, 0 < 𝑥 < 1,
𝑓(𝑥) = {2 − 𝑥, 1 ≤ 𝑥 < 2,
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

Find the probability that over a period of one year, a family runs their vacuum cleaner
[Show your answer in 3 decimal places.]
a) less than 120 hours.
b) between 50 and 100 hours.

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10. The joint density of X and Y is 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑦 2 (𝑥𝑦 3 + 1) on the rectangle where 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑘
and 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1. Find
[Show your answer in fraction.]
a) the value of k.
b) 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 𝑌).

11. Random variables X and Y have joint PDF

6𝑒 −(2𝑥+3𝑦) , 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0,
𝑓𝑋,𝑌 (𝑥, 𝑦) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.

[Show your answer in 4 decimal places.]


a) Find 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 𝑌).
b) Find 𝑃(𝑋 + 𝑌 ≤ 1).
c) Find 𝑃(min(𝑋, 𝑌) ≥ 1).
d) Find 𝑃(max(𝑋, 𝑌) ≤ 1).

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