a. Obtain the cdf of X. b. What is P(X ≤ .5)? c. Using the cdf from (a), what is P(.25 < X ≤ .5)? d. What is the 75th percentile of the distribution?

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a. Obtain the cdf of X.

b. What is P(X ≤ .5)?

c. Using the cdf from (a), what is P(.25 < X ≤ .5)?

d. What is the 75th percentile of the distribution?

When we say that an individual's test score was at the 85th percentile of the
population, we mean that 85% of all population scores were below that score and
15% were above. Let's define percentile formally.
Let p be a number between 0 and 1. The (100p)th percentile of the distribu-
tion of a continuous rv X, denoted by n(p), is defined by
p = F(n(p)) = | f(y) dy.
The median of a continuous distribution, denoted by u, is the 50th percentile.
2. Let X denote the amount of space occupied by an item from Amazon placed
in a 1-ft packing container. The pdf of X is
[ 90x°(1 – x),
f(x) =
| 0,
0 < x < 1
otherwise
Transcribed Image Text:When we say that an individual's test score was at the 85th percentile of the population, we mean that 85% of all population scores were below that score and 15% were above. Let's define percentile formally. Let p be a number between 0 and 1. The (100p)th percentile of the distribu- tion of a continuous rv X, denoted by n(p), is defined by p = F(n(p)) = | f(y) dy. The median of a continuous distribution, denoted by u, is the 50th percentile. 2. Let X denote the amount of space occupied by an item from Amazon placed in a 1-ft packing container. The pdf of X is [ 90x°(1 – x), f(x) = | 0, 0 < x < 1 otherwise
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