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Input all answers as fractions or integers, not as decimals.</p>\n        <table>\n        <tbody>\n        <tr>\n        <td rowspan=\"7\">$f_X(x) = \\left \\{ \\begin{array}{l} \\phantom{{.}} \\\\\\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}}\\end{array} \\right .$</td>\n        <td style=\"text-align: left;\">[[0]]</td>\n        <td>$\\var{a} \\leq x \\leq \\var{b},$</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td style=\"text-align: left;\">[[1]]</td>\n        <td>otherwise</td>\n        </tr>\n        </tbody>\n        </table>\n        <p>&nbsp;</p>", "marks": 0}, {"scripts": {}, "gaps": [{"answer": "0", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "scripts": {}, "type": "jme", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0.5, "vsetrangepoints": 5}, {"answer": "(x-{a})/({b-a})", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "notallowed": {"message": "<p>input numbers as fractions or integers and not as decimals</p>", "showStrings": false, "partialCredit": 0, "strings": ["."]}, "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "std", "marks": 1, "vsetrangepoints": 5}, {"answer": "1", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "notallowed": {"message": "<p>input numbers as fractions or integers and not as decimals</p>", "showStrings": false, "partialCredit": 0, "strings": ["."]}, "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "std", "marks": 0.5, "vsetrangepoints": 5}], "type": "gapfill", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "prompt": "<p>Compute the CDF $F_X(x)$ of $X$.</p>\n        <table>\n        <tbody>\n        <tr>\n        <td rowspan=\"7\">$F_X(x) = \\left \\{ \\begin{array}{l} \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\\\ \\phantom{{.}}\\\\ \\phantom{{.}}\\\\ \\phantom{{.}} \\end{array} \\right .$</td>\n        <td style=\"text-align: left;\">[[0]]</td>\n        <td>$x \\lt \\var{a},$</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td style=\"text-align: left;\">[[1]]</td>\n        <td>$\\var{a} \\leq x \\leq \\var{b}$</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td style=\"text-align: left;\">[[2]]</td>\n        <td>$ x \\gt \\var{b},$</td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        <td>&nbsp;</td>\n        </tr>\n        </tbody>\n        </table>\n        <p>Input all numbers as fractions or integers in the above formulae.</p>", "marks": 0}, {"scripts": {}, "gaps": [{"answer": "{b-x1}/{b-a}", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "vsetrange": [0, 1], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false, "expectedvariablenames": [], "notallowed": {"message": "<p>Input all numbers as fractions or integers.</p>", "showStrings": false, "partialCredit": 0, "strings": ["."]}, "showpreview": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "type": "jme", "answersimplification": "std", "marks": 1, "vsetrangepoints": 5}], "type": "gapfill", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "prompt": "<p>Also, using the distribution function above find:</p>\n        <p>$P( X \\ge \\var{x1})=\\;\\;$[[0]]</p>\n        <p>(input your answer as a fraction or integer and not as a decimal).</p>", "marks": 0}], "statement": "<p>Suppose $X$ is a continuous uniform random variable defined on $[\\var{a},\\;\\var{b}]$.</p>", "tags": ["CFD", "checked2015", "continuous random variables", "cumulative distribution functions", "density functions", "distribution function", "distribution functions", "MAS1604", "MAS2304", "pdf", "PDF", "Probability", "probability density function", "random variables", "statistics", "uniform random variable"], "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [], "name": "", "pickQuestions": 0}], "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "type": "question", "metadata": {"notes": "<p><strong>05/02/2013:</strong></p>\n        <p>First draft finished.&nbsp;</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "<p>$X$ is a continuous uniform random variable defined on $[a,\\;b]$. 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