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Transcribed Image Text:4. The probability density function of a continuous random variable X is given by
(a x?(1 – x), for 0 sxs 1,
f(x) =
lo, for x < 0 and x > 1.
Find,
(a) the value of the constant 2,
(b) the mean and standard deviation of X.
(c) the mode of the distribution.
Given that the median of X is m, show that 6 m 8 m+1-0.
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