Let X denote the amount of space occupied by an article placed in a 1-ft3 packing container. The pdf of X is below. f(x) =  56x6(1 − x)      0 < x < 1 0   otherwise   (d) What is the 75th percentile of the distribution? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (e) Compute E(X) and ?X. (Round your answers to four decimal places.) E(X) =  ?X =  (f) What is the probability that X is more than 1 standard deviation from its mean value? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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Let X denote the amount of space occupied by an article placed in a 1-ft3 packing container. The pdf of X is below.

f(x) = 
56x6(1 − x)      0 < x < 1
0   otherwise

 

(d) What is the 75th percentile of the distribution? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)


(e) Compute E(X) and ?X. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

E(X)
?X


(f) What is the probability that X is more than 1 standard deviation from its mean value? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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