Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Probability and Calculus - 11.2 Expected Value and Variance of Continuous Random Variables - 11.2 Exercises - Page 585: 6

Answer

$\mu=\frac{141}{22} \approx 6.409$ $Var(X)=\approx 2.093$ $\sigma \approx 1.45$

Work Step by Step

We are given $f(x)=\frac{1}{11}(1+\frac{3}{\sqrt x})=\frac{1}{11}+\frac{3}{11\sqrt x}; [4;9]$ The expected value $\mu=\int^{9}_{4}xf(x)dx$ $=\int^{9}_{4}x\frac{1}{11}(1+\frac{3}{\sqrt x})dx$ $=\frac{1}{11}\int^{9}_{4}(x+3\sqrt x)dx$ $=\frac{1}{11}(\frac{x^{2}}{2}+2x^{\frac{3}{2}})|^{9}_{4}$ $=\frac{141}{22}\approx 6.409$ The variance is $Var(X)=\int^{9}_{4}x^{2}f(x)dx-E(x)^{2}$ $=\frac{1}{11}\int^{9}_{4}(x^{2}+3x^{\frac{3}{2}})dx-(\frac{141}{22})^{2}$ $=\frac{1}{11}(\frac{x^{3}}{3}+\frac{6}{5}x^{\frac{5}{2}})|^{9}_{4}-(\frac{141}{22})^{2}$ $=\frac{7123}{165}-(\frac{141}{22})^{2}\approx2.093$ The standard deviation of X is $\sigma=\sqrt Var(X)$ $=\sqrt 2.093 \approx 1.45$
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