Recent questions tagged probability-density-function

The probability density function of a continuous random variable distributed uniformly between $x$ and $y$ (for $y>x$) is$\dfrac{1}{x-y}$$\dfrac{1}{y-x}$$x-y$$y-x$

If $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are two probability density functions,$f(x) = \begin{cases} \dfrac{x}{a}+1 & :-a \leq x < 0 \\ -\dfrac{x}{a}+1 & : 0 \leq x \leq a \\ 0 & :\text{oth...

Probability density function of a random variable $X$ is given below$$f(x) = \begin{cases} 0.25 & \text{ if } 1 \leq x \leq 5 \\ 0 & \text{ otherwise} \end{cases}$$$P(X \...

For the function $f(x)=a+bx,0\leq x\leq1,$ to be a valid probability density function,which one of the following statements is correct?$a=1,b=4$$b=0.5,b=1$$a=0,b=1$$a=1,b...

The probability density function of a random variable, $x$ is$f(x)= \begin{cases} \dfrac{x}{4} ( 4-x^2) & \text{ for } 0 \leq x \leq 2 \\ 0 & \text{ otherwise} \end{ca...

If $\{x\}$ is a continuous, real valued random variable defined over the interval $(- \infty, + \infty)$ and its occurrence is defined by the density function given as: $...

The probability density function of evaporation $E$ on any day during a year in a watershed is given by$f(E) = \begin{cases} \dfrac{1}{5} & 0 \leq E \leq 5\: \text{mm/day...

Find the value of $\lambda$ such that the function $f(x)$ is a valid probability density function _______$f(x) = \begin{cases} \lambda (x-1)(2-x) & \text{for } 1 \leq x \...

The graph of a function $f(x)$ is shown in the figure.For $f(x)$ to be a valid probability density function, the value of $h$ is$1/3$$2/3$$1$$3$