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$P(X=0)=\\;\\;$[[0]] $P(X=\\var{c1})=\\;\\;$[[1]]

$P(X=\\var{c2})=\\;\\;$[[2]] $P(X=\\var{c3})=\\;\\;$[[3]]

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Calculate:

$\\displaystyle F_X(\\var{c4})=P(X \\le \\var{c4})=\\;\\;$[[0]] (exact decimal)

Compute $\\operatorname{E}[X]=\\;\\;$[[0]]

Suppose that the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the random variable $X$ is given by

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$F_X(b) = \\left \\{ \\begin{array}{l} \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}}\\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\end{array} \\right .$	0,	$b \\lt 0,$

$\\var{x1}$	$0 \\le b \\lt \\var{c1},$

$\\var{x2}$	$\\var{c1} \\le b \\lt\\var{c2},$

$\\var{x3}$	$ \\var{c2} \\le b \\lt \\var{c3},$

1,	$b \\ge \\var{c3}.$

Answer the following questions:

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Given a piecewise CDF $F_X(b)$ which is discontinuous at several points, find the probabilities at those points and also find the value of $F_X(b)$ at a continuous point and the expectation.

This cdf is a step function and is therefore the cdf of a discrete random variable. This should be stated somewhere in the statement or the solution. Apart from this the question is correct.

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From lectures we know that jumps in the CDF imply a non zero probability at that point.

Thus:

$P(X=0)=\\var{x1}$,

$P(X=\\var{c1})=\\var{x2}-\\var{x1}=\\var{x2-x1}$,

$P(X=\\var{c2})=\\var{x3}-\\var{x2}=\\var{x3-x2}$,

$P(X=\\var{c3})=1-\\var{x3}=\\var{1-x3}$

\\[\\begin{eqnarray*} F_X(\\var{c4}) =P(X \\le \\var{c4}) &=&\\simplify[all]{ P(X = 0) + {v2} * P(X = {c1}) + {v3} * P(X = {c2}) + {v4} * P(X = {c3})}\\\\&=& \\simplify[zerofactor,zeroterm,unitfactor]{{x1} + {v2} *({x2-x1}) + {v3} *({x3 -x2}) + {v4} * ({1 -x3}) }\\\\&=& \\var{val}\\end{eqnarray*}\\]

{message}{mess}.

$\\displaystyle \\operatorname{E}[X]=\\sum x P(X=x)=0\\times \\var{x1}+\\var{c1}\\times \\var{x2-x1}+\\var{c2}\\times \\var{x3-x2}+\\var{c3}\\times \\var{1-x3}=\\var{ex}$

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