DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA, RANCHI
                         IMM 5003 Probability and Statistics
                                      Tutorial - 3
1. What is the probability density function of the random variable X if its cumulative distri-
   bution function is given by
                                          
                                          
                                           0     if x < 2
                                          
                                          0.5 if 2 ≤ x < 3
                                 F (x) =
                                          
                                          
                                           0.7 if 3 ≤ x < π
                                            1.0 if x ≥ π
                                          
2. Let the distribution of X for x > 0 be
                                                   3
                                                   X xk e−x
                                     F (x) = 1 −
                                                   k=0
                                                         k!
  What is the density function of X for x > 0
3. The random variable X has density function
                                    (
                                      (k + 1)x2      for 0 < x < 1
                            f (x) =
                                      0              otherwise
  find the value of constant k.
4. Let X be a random variable with probability density function
                                        2c
                                  f (x) =   for x = 1, 2, 3 . . .
                                        3x
  for some constant c. What is the value of c. What is the probability that X is even
5. A discrete random variable X has probability density function of the form
                                  (
                                   c(8 − x) for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
                          f (x) =
                                   0           otherwise
   (a) Find the constant c
   (b) Find P (X > 2)
    (c) Find the expected value E(X) for random variable X.
6. A random variable X has a cumulative distribution function
                                     x
                                                if 0 < x ≤ 1
                              F (x) = 2 1                   3
                                     x −        if 1 < x ≤
                                            2               2
    (a) Graph F (x).
   (b) Graph f (x).
    (c) Find P (X ≤ 0.5)
   (d) Find P (X ≥ 0.5)
    (e) Find P (X ≤ 1.25)
    (f) Find P (X = 1.25)