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 586: 21

Answer

$\mu=\frac{16}{5}$ $Var(X)=-13.048$

Work Step by Step

We are given $f(x)=\frac{x^{3}}{12}$ if $0 \leq x \leq 2$ $f(x)=\frac{16}{3x^{3}}$ if $x\gt 2$ $\mu=\int^{a}_{b}xf(x)dx$ $=\int^{2}_{0}(\frac{x^{4}}{12})dx+\int^{\infty}_{2}(\frac{16}{3x^{2}})dx$ $=\frac{1}{12}(\frac{x^{5}}{5})|^{2}_{0}+\frac{16}{3}(\frac{1}{-1}x^{-1})|^{\infty}_{2}$ $=\frac{8}{15}+\frac{8}{3}$ $=\frac{16}{5}$ $Var(X)=\int^{2}_{0}x^{2}(\frac{1}{12}x^{3})dx+\int^{\infty}_{2}(\frac{16}{3x})dx - (\frac{16}{5})^{2}$ $=\frac{1}{12}\int^{2}_{0}(x^{5})dx + \frac{16}{3}\int^{\infty}_{2}(\frac{1}{x})dx - \frac{256}{25}$ $=\frac{1}{12}\frac{x^{6}}{6}|^{2}_{0} + \frac{16}{3}\ln|x||^{\infty}_{2}-\frac{256}{25}$ $=\frac{8}{9}-3.697-\frac{256}{25}$ $=-13.048$ $\sigma = \sqrt Var(X)=\sqrt -13.048 \rightarrow$ Because Var(X) is negative, we can't find the standard deviation
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