In a certain city the daily consumption of water (in millions of liters) is a random variable
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In a certain city the daily consumption of water (in millions of liters) is a random variable whose probability density is given by
What are the probabilities that on a given day
(a) The water consumption in this city is no more than 6 million liters;
(b) The water supply is inadequate if the daily capacity of this city is 9 million liters?
for x > 0 elsewhere jxe_, f(x)=
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John E Freunds Mathematical Statistics With Applications
ISBN: 9780134995373
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Authors: Irwin Miller, Marylees Miller
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