Let X be the proportion of new restaurants in a given year that make a profit during

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Let X be the proportion of new restaurants in a given year that make a profit during their first year of operation, and suppose that the density function for X is f (x) = 20x3(1 - x), 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.

(a) Find E(X ) and give an interpretation of this quantity.

(b) Compute Var(X ).

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Calculus And Its Applications

ISBN: 9780134437774

14th Edition

Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar

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