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

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

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