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(e ^ ({( - la)} * y))))", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "scripts": {}, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "basic", "marks": 1, "vsetrangepoints": 5}], "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Find the CDF of $Y$.</p>\n      <p>&nbsp;</p>\n      <p>$F_Y(y)=\\;$?[[0]], $y \\gt 0$.</p>", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}, {"scripts": {}, "gaps": [{"showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "type": "numberentry", "maxValue": "ans2+tol", "minValue": "ans2-tol", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "marks": 1, "showPrecisionHint": false}], "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Calculate:</p>\n      <p>$P(\\var{a} \\leq Y \\leq \\var{b})=\\;$?[[0]] &nbsp;(to 4 decimal places).</p>", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}, {"scripts": {}, "gaps": [{"answer": "2/{2*la}", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "scripts": {}, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "all, fractionNumbers", "marks": 0.5, "vsetrangepoints": 5}, {"answer": "4/{4*la^2}", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "scripts": {}, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "all,fractionNumbers", "marks": 0.5, "vsetrangepoints": 5}], "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Find $\\operatorname{E}[Y]$ and $\\operatorname{Var}(Y)$.</p>\n      <p>$\\operatorname{E}[Y]=\\;$?[[0]] (Enter as a fraction or an integer, not as a decimal).</p>\n      <p>$\\operatorname{Var}(Y)=\\;$?[[1]] (Enter as a fraction or an integer, not as a decimal).</p>", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0}], "statement": "<p>Suppose $Y \\sim \\operatorname{Exp}(\\var{la})$ with PDF $f_Y(y)=\\var{la}e^{-\\var{la}y},\\;\\;y \\gt 0$</p>", "tags": ["CDF", "cdf", "checked2015", "continuous distributions", "expectation", "exponential distribution", "MAS1604", "MAS2304", "PDF", "pdf", "Probability", "statistical distributions", "statistics", "variance"], "rulesets": {}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "type": "question", "metadata": {"notes": "<p><strong>6/02/2013:</strong></p>\n        <p><strong><br /></strong>Finished first draft.</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "<p>Given the PDF for $Y \\sim \\operatorname{Exp}(\\lambda)$ find the CDF, $P(a \\le Y \\le b)$ and $\\operatorname{E}[Y],\\;\\operatorname{Var}(Y)$</p>"}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "advice": "<p>a)</p>\n  <p>We have \\[\\begin{eqnarray*} F_Y(y)&amp;=&amp;P(Y\\le y)\\\\&amp;=&amp;\\int_0^y\\var{la}e^{-\\var{la}x}dx\\\\&amp;=&amp;\\left[-e^{-\\var{la}x}\\right]_0^y=1-e^{-\\var{la}y}\\end{eqnarray*}\\]</p>\n  <p>b)</p>\n  <p>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}P(\\var{a} \\leq Y \\leq \\var{b})&amp;=&amp;F_Y(\\var{b})-F_Y(\\var{a})\\\\&amp;=&amp;1-e^{-\\var{la}\\times \\var{b}}-(1-e^{-\\var{la}\\times \\var{a}})\\\\&amp;=&amp;e^{-\\var{la}\\times \\var{a}}-e^{-\\var{la}\\times \\var{b}}\\\\&amp;=&amp;\\var{tans2}=\\var{ans2}\\end{eqnarray*}\\] to 4 decimal places.</p>\n  <p>c)</p>\n  <p>The properties of the exponential distribution give:</p>\n  <p>$\\displaystyle \\operatorname{E}[Y]=\\simplify[all,fractionNumbers]{1/{la}=2/{2*la}}$</p>\n  <p>$\\displaystyle \\operatorname{Var}(Y)=\\simplify[all,fractionNumbers]{1/{la}^2=4/{4*la^2}}$</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>", "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/697/"}]}