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If continuous random variable X has probability

1. density function (PDF) f (x) , what is the
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interpretation of the following integral: ∫− 2 f (x)dx ?
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P(X ≤ − 2 ∩ X ≥ 5)

P(X ≥ − 2 ∩ X ≤ 5)

Correct
This could also be written P(− 2 ≤ X ≤ 5) .

P(X ≤ − 2 ∩ X ≤ 5)

P(X ≥ − 2 ∪ X ≤ 5)

If X∼ Uniform(0, 1) , then what is the value of

2. P(− 3 < X < 0.2) ?

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points 0.2

Correct Response
0.2 0.2 0.2
∫− 3 f (x)dx = ∫− 3 I{0< x< 1} (x)dx = ∫0 1dx = 0.2.

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If X
∼ Exponential(5), find the expected value
3. E(X) . (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
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Correct Response
With X∼ Exponential(λ), we have
E(X) = 1/λ.

Which of the following scenarios could we most

4. appropriately model using an exponentially
distributed random variable?
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The probability of a light bulb failure
before 100 hours in service

The number of failed lightbulbs in a batch

of 5000 after 100 hours in service

The lifetime in hours of a particular

lightbulb

Correct
This is a positive, continuous quantity.

The hours of service until all light bulbs in

a batch of 5000 fail

If X ∼ Uniform(2, 6) , which of the following is the

5. PDF of X ?

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Option:
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Option:

Option:

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Correct
This PDF has uniform value (1/4) over the
interval [2, 6] and is 0 everywhere else.

Option:

Option:

If X ∼ Uniform(2, 6) , what is P(2 < X ≤ 3) ?

6. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Correct Response
3
This is ∫2 1/4dx .

If X ∼ N(0, 1), which of the following is the PDF of

7. X?

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Option:
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Option:

Option:

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Option:

Option:

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Correct
This is the standard normal distribution.

If X ∼ N(2, 1), what is the expected value of − 5X ?

8. This is denoted as E(− 5X) .

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points -10

Correct Response
For any number c and any random variable
with expectation E(X) , we have
E(cX) = cE(X) .

Let X ∼ N(1, 1) and Y ∼ N(4, 32 ) . What is the

9. value of E(X + Y) ?

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Correct Response
For random variables X and Y with
expectations E(X) and E(Y), we always
have E(X + Y) = E(X) + E(Y) .

Lesson 3.2-3.3 10/11 points (90%)

Quiz, 11 questions

10. The normal distribution is also linear in the sense

2
that if X ∼ N(μ, σ ) , then for any real constants
a ≠ 0 and b, the distribution of Y = aX + b is
1/1 2 2
distributed N(aμ + b, a σ ).
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X− μ
Using this fact, what is the distribution of Z = σ ?

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N(1, σ 2 )

N(μ/σ, 1)

N(0, 1)

Correct
Here a = 1/σ and b = − μ/σ .
Subtracting the mean and dividing by
the standard deviation is referred to as
standardizing a random variable.

N(μ, σ)

N(μ, σ 2 )

11. Which of the following random variables would yield

the highest value of P(− 1 < X < 1) ?

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Hint: Random variables with larger variance are
points
more dispersed.

X ∼ N(0, 0.1)

X ∼ N(0, 1)

X ∼ N(0, 10)

X ∼ N(0, 100)

This should not be selected

Of the four options, this is the most
dispersed, and will yield the smallest value
of P(− 1 < X < 1) .

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