X is said to have a uniform distribution between (0, c), denoted as X ~ U(0, c), if its probability density function f(x) has the following form
f(x) = (1/c , if 0<x<c, 0 otherwise)
(a) (2pts) Write down the pdf for X ~ U(0, 2).
(b) (3pts) Find the cumulative distribution function (cdf) F(x) of X ~ U(0, 2).
(c) Find the mean, second moment, variance, and standard deviation for X ~ U(0, 2).
(d) Let Y be the amount of coffee in ounces that will be dispensed when a certain automatic coffee machine is activated. Suppose that the machine never dispenses less than 6 or more than 8 ounces. Within this range, any quantity is equally likely to be dispensed. If we define X = Y-6, then X ~ U(0, 2). Use the result from (c) to derive the mean and variance for Y .
(e)Suppose that the coffee machine was activated for 100 times during a day. Use central limit theorem to find the probability that the total amount of coffee in ounces that was dispensed was less than 710 ounces.
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