Assignment 2

1) The number of calls received per day at a crisis hot line is distributed as follows:

30 31 32 33 34

0.05 0.21 0.38 0.25 0.11

a) Find the mean

b) Find the standard deviation

2) Suppose that X is a continuous random variable with a probability density function (pdf)
given by:

 
  4x  2x2 , 0  x  2
f ( x)  
 0, elsewhere

c) What is the value of ?

d) Find P( x  1)
e) What is the variance of x

3) Suppose that the error in the reaction temperature in for a controlled laboratory
experiment is a continuous random variable having the probability density function
x2

f ( x)   3 ,  1  x  2

 0, elsewhere
f) Find the expected value of X
g) Find