The proportion of flour, X, that Penny forgets to put into a pie crust, X, has the following probability density function: 5.(1-x4) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 otherwise. f(x)= a) What is the probability that X > 0.6? b) What is the probability that X < 0.6? | c) What is the probability that 0.13 < X < 0.34?

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The proportion of flour, X, that Penny forgets to put into a pie crust, X, has the following probability density function:
f(x)= 5-(1-x) for 0 ≤x≤ 1 and 0 otherwise.
a) What is the probability that X > 0.6?
b) What is the probability that X < 0.6?
c) What is the probability that 0.13 < X < 0.34?
d) What is the expected value of X (E(X))?
e) What is the expected value of X - 3?
f) What is the expected value of 3X?
g) What is the expected value of x²?
h) What is the probability that X is greater than its expected value?
i) What is the expected value of X4+2X-1 ?
j) What is the 60th percentile of X?
k) What is the probability that X is within 0.1 of its expected value?
1) What is the probability that X = 0.5?
Transcribed Image Text:The proportion of flour, X, that Penny forgets to put into a pie crust, X, has the following probability density function: f(x)= 5-(1-x) for 0 ≤x≤ 1 and 0 otherwise. a) What is the probability that X > 0.6? b) What is the probability that X < 0.6? c) What is the probability that 0.13 < X < 0.34? d) What is the expected value of X (E(X))? e) What is the expected value of X - 3? f) What is the expected value of 3X? g) What is the expected value of x²? h) What is the probability that X is greater than its expected value? i) What is the expected value of X4+2X-1 ? j) What is the 60th percentile of X? k) What is the probability that X is within 0.1 of its expected value? 1) What is the probability that X = 0.5?
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d) What is the expected value of X (E(X))? 

e) What is the expected value of X - 3? 

f) What is the expected value of 3X? 

g) What is the expected value of  X2

h) What is the probability that X is greater than its expected value? 

i) What is the expected value of: X4+2X−1 ? 

j) What is the 60th percentile of X? 

k) What is the probability that X is within 0.1 of its expected value? 

l) What is the probability that X = 0.5? 

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