5. [3] The life expectancy (in years) for a particular brand of microwave oven is a continuous random variable with the probability density function below. Find d such that the probability of a randomly selected microwave oven lasting d years or less is 0.5. if x ≥ 0 f(x) = f(x) = 4 (x+4)²' 0 J otherwise
5. [3] The life expectancy (in years) for a particular brand of microwave oven is a continuous random variable with the probability density function below. Find d such that the probability of a randomly selected microwave oven lasting d years or less is 0.5. if x ≥ 0 f(x) = f(x) = 4 (x+4)²' 0 J otherwise
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.1: Continuous Probability Models
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5. [3] The life expectancy (in years) for a particular brand of microwave oven is a continuous
random variable with the probability density function below. Find d such that the probability of a
randomly selected microwave oven lasting d years or less is 0.5.
if x ≥ 0
f(x) = f(x):
4
(x+4)²'
0
)
otherwise](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4f5950ed-20d1-40a9-a496-d7afad26165a%2Fba8cebaf-48cb-4bce-bae6-2fe0d855dcde%2Fkfwhrpa_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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5. [3] The life expectancy (in years) for a particular brand of microwave oven is a continuous
random variable with the probability density function below. Find d such that the probability of a
randomly selected microwave oven lasting d years or less is 0.5.
if x ≥ 0
f(x) = f(x):
4
(x+4)²'
0
)
otherwise
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