Let X be a continuous random variable on the interval r ́1, 1s with pdf ppxq “ 1 ́ |x| – you could think of this as the “poor man’s bell-shaped curve”. (a) What is P p0 ă X ă 1q? (b) What is P p ́ 1 2 ă X ă 1 2 q? (c) What is EpXq (easy)? What is V pXq (less easy)?
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