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Transcribed Image Text:10. The density function for a random variable X is given by
J / x + k
(a) Find k.
(c) Find u.
f(x) =
if 2 ≤ x ≤4
otherwise
(b)
Find P(X> 2.5).
(d) Find P(2 < X < μ).
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