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6.2 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

The following simple random variable is in canonical form:

X=-3.75IA-1.13IB+0IC+2.6IDX = - 3 . 75 I_{A} - 1 . 13 I_{B} + 0 I_{C} + 2 . 6 I_{D}.

Express the events {X∈(-4,2]},{X∈(0,3]},{X∈(-∞,1]}\left\{X \in \left(- 4 , 2\right]\right\} , \left\{X \in \left(0 , 3\right]\right\} , \left\{X \in \left(- \infty , 1\right]\right\}, {|X-1|≥1}\left\{\left|X - 1\right| \geq 1\right\}, and {X≥0}\left\{X \geq 0\right\} in terms of A,B,CA , B , C, and D.

Pfeiffer, Applied Probability, 6.2 Problems on Random Variables and Probabilities, exercise 1

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