Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (14th Edition)
Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134668574
Author: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen, Christopher J. Stocker
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11.3, Problem 48E

Product life. The life expectancy (in years) of an automobile battery is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by

     f ( x ) = { 1 2 e − x / 2 if   x ≥ 0           0 otherwise

Find the median life expectancy.

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