Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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ISBN: 9780321629111
Author: Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond H. Myers, Sharon L. Myers, Keying Ye
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 3.3, Problem 7E

The total number of hours, measured in units of100 hours, that a family runs a vacuum cleaner over aperiod of one year is a continuous random variable Xthat has the density function

   f ( x ) = { x , 0 < x < 1 , 2 x , 1 x < 2 , 0 ,  elsewhere .

Find the probability that over a period of one year, afamily runs their vacuum cleaner

  1. less than 120 hours;
  2. between 50 and 100 hours.

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