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Suppose X1 ...... Xn is a random sample from the uniform distribution on [a; b]. (a)...

Suppose X1 ...... Xn is a random sample from the uniform distribution on [a; b].

(a) Find the method of moments estimators of a and b.

(b) Find the maximum likelihood estimators of a and b.

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