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yKpoI14uk [10]
4 years ago
5

A quantity x has cumulative distribution function p(x) = x − x2/4 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and p(x) = 0 for x < 0 and p(x) = 1 for x &gt

; 2. find the mean and median of x.
Mathematics
1 answer:
34kurt4 years ago
3 0
F_X(x)=\begin{cases}0&\text{for }x2\end{cases}

Recall that the PDF is given by the derivative of the CDF:

f_X(x)=\dfrac{\mathrm dF_X(x)}{\mathrm dx}=\begin{cases}1-\dfrac x2\\\\0&\text{otherwise}\end{cases}

The mean is given by

\mathbb E[X]=\displaystyle\int_{-\infty}^\infty x\,f_X(x)\,\mathrm dx=\int_0^2\left(x-\dfrac{x^2}2\right)\,\mathrm dx=\frac23

The median is the number M such that F_X(x)=\mathbb P(X\le M)=\dfrac12. We have

F_X(M)=M-\dfrac{M^2}4=\dfrac12\implies M=2\pm\sqrt2

but both roots can't be medians. As a matter of fact, the median must satisfy 0\le M\le2, so we take the solution with the negative root. So M=2-\sqrt2 is the median.
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