Question #316479

Find the expected value of the random variable X and its variance having the following density function:


f(x) = 5 (1-x4) 0<x<2


= 0 elsewhere


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2022-03-23T19:07:33-0400

Expected value

E(X)=502x(1x4)dx=502xx5dx=5[x22x66]02=5[(222266)0]=1303E(X)=5∫_0^2x(1-x^4 )dx=5∫_0^2x-x^5 dx=5[\frac{x^2}{2}-\frac{x^6}{6}]_0^2=5[(\frac{2^2}{2}-\frac{2^6}{6})-0]=-\frac{130}{3}


Variance

Var(X)=E(X2)(E(X))2Var(X)=E(X^2)-(E(X))^2

E(X2)=502x2(1x4)dx=502x2x6dx=5[x33x77]02=5[(233277)0]=164021E(X^2)=5∫_0^2x^2 (1-x^4 )dx=5∫_0^2x^2-x^6 dx=5[\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{x^7}{7}]_0^2=5[(\frac{2^3}{3}-\frac{2^7}{7})-0]=-\frac{1640}{21}

Var(X)=164021(1303)2=12322063=1955.8730Var(X)=-\frac{1640}{21}-(-\frac{130}{3})^2=-\frac{123220}{63}=-1955.8730


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