(a) Given a and b, find x0 such that P(X < μ+x0) = 0.90, where μ = E[X]. (b)Given an i.i.d. sample X1, . . . , X200, explain how to estimate θ = b − a. Is the proposed estimator unbiased?

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1. Suppose that the amount X dispensed by a beverage-dispensing machine has a uniform probability distribution on [a, b] (in Ounces). (a) Given a and b, find x0 such that P(X < μ+x0) = 0.90, where μ = E[X]. (b)Given an i.i.d. sample X1, . . . , X200, explain how to estimate θ = b − a. Is the proposed estimator unbiased?
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