Chapter 1: Q15E (page 1)
Let \({\rm{X}}\) denote the amount of space occupied by an article placed in a \({\rm{1 - f}}{{\rm{t}}^{\rm{3}}}\) packing container. The pdf of \({\rm{X}}\) is
\({\rm{f(x) = }}\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\rm{90}}{{\rm{x}}^{\rm{8}}}{\rm{(1 - x)}}}&{{\rm{0 < x < 1}}}\\{\rm{0}}&{{\rm{ otherwise }}}\end{array}} \right.\)
a. Graph the pdf. Then obtain the cdf of \({\rm{X}}\) and graph it. b. What is \({\rm{P(X}} \le {\rm{.5)}}\) (i.e., \({\rm{F(}}{\rm{.5)}}\))? c. Using the cdf from (a), what is \({\rm{P(}}{\rm{.25 < X}} \le {\rm{.5)}}\)? What is \({\rm{P(}}{\rm{.25}} \le {\rm{X}} \le {\rm{.5)}}\)? d. What is the \({\rm{75th}}\) percentile of the distribution? e. Compute \({\rm{E(X)}}\) and \({{\rm{\sigma }}_{\rm{X}}}\). f. What is the probability that \({\rm{X}}\) is more than \({\rm{1}}\) standard deviation from its mean value?
Short Answer
(a) The value is \({\rm{F(x) = }}\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{\rm{0}}&{{\rm{x}} \le {\rm{0}}}\\{{{\rm{x}}^{\rm{9}}}{\rm{(10 - 9x)}}}&{{\rm{0 < x < 1}}}\\{\rm{1}}&{{\rm{x}} \ge {\rm{1}}}\end{array}} \right.\).
(b)The value is\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.01074}}\).
(c)The value is\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.01071}}\).
(d)The value is\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.9036}}\).
(e)The values are\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.8182}}\)and\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.111}}\).
(f) The value is \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.3146}}\).

