What is the value for the variance of x

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1. Given the joint density function for the random variables X and Y as

The marginal distribution for the random variable X is

Answer:

2. Given the joint density function for the random variables X and Y as

The marginal distribution for the random variable Y is

Answer:

3. The following represents the cumulative distribution function for a random variable X.

From the graph, find .

Answer: 0.4

4. The life span in hours for an electrical component is a random variable X with cumulative distribution function

Determine the probability density function for X.

Answer:

5. Let X be the random variable for the life in hours for a certain electronic device. The probability density function is

The expected life for a component is

Answer: 2000 hours

6. The life, X in hundred of hours, of a certain battery has the following density function

What is the average life of the battery?
Answer: 200 hours

7. The waiting time, in hours, between successive speeders spotted by a radar unit is a continuous random variable with cumulative distribution

What is the expected or average time between successive speeders?

Answer: 0.125 hours

8. The probability distribution of X, the number of defects per 100 yards of a fabric is given by
x 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) 0.45 0.35 0.14 0.05 0.01

The variance for X is
Answer: 0.8476

9. The following represents the projection graph for a probability distribution f(x) of a random variable X.

What is the value for the variance of X?

Answer: 1

10. The following represents the cumulative distribution function for a random variable X.

What is the expected value of X?

Answer: 2.2

11. The life span in hours for an electrical component is a random variable X with cumulative distribution function

Determine the expected life span for an electrical component.

Answer: 100

12. The life span in hours for an electrical component is a random variable X with cumulative distribution function

Determine the variance for the life span for an electrical component.

Answer: 10000

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