Expectation of a continuous uniform distribution function of a random variable- university question
I have that the expected value will be $$int_0^{200}f(x)g(x)mathrm dx$$ where g(x) is the profit function, but I am unsure what to actually substitute g(x) for.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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I have that the expected value will be $$int_0^{200}f(x)g(x)mathrm dx$$ where g(x) is the profit function, but I am unsure what to actually substitute g(x) for.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
statistics probability-distributions
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
add a comment |
I have that the expected value will be $$int_0^{200}f(x)g(x)mathrm dx$$ where g(x) is the profit function, but I am unsure what to actually substitute g(x) for.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
statistics probability-distributions
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
I have that the expected value will be $$int_0^{200}f(x)g(x)mathrm dx$$ where g(x) is the profit function, but I am unsure what to actually substitute g(x) for.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
statistics probability-distributions
statistics probability-distributions
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
edited Nov 30 '18 at 13:13
Siong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
99.8k1464117
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
91
asked Nov 30 '18 at 12:59
Jacopo SalvatoreJacopo Salvatore
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91
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The profit has been given to you:
$$g(x) = begin{cases}x-0.5(n-x) &, x le n \ n-5(x-n)&, x >n end{cases}$$
Upon evaluating the expectation, it can be expressed in terms of $n$.
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
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Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
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The profit has been given to you:
$$g(x) = begin{cases}x-0.5(n-x) &, x le n \ n-5(x-n)&, x >n end{cases}$$
Upon evaluating the expectation, it can be expressed in terms of $n$.
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
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Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
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The profit has been given to you:
$$g(x) = begin{cases}x-0.5(n-x) &, x le n \ n-5(x-n)&, x >n end{cases}$$
Upon evaluating the expectation, it can be expressed in terms of $n$.
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
add a comment |
The profit has been given to you:
$$g(x) = begin{cases}x-0.5(n-x) &, x le n \ n-5(x-n)&, x >n end{cases}$$
Upon evaluating the expectation, it can be expressed in terms of $n$.
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
The profit has been given to you:
$$g(x) = begin{cases}x-0.5(n-x) &, x le n \ n-5(x-n)&, x >n end{cases}$$
Upon evaluating the expectation, it can be expressed in terms of $n$.
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
99.8k1464117
answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
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answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Siong Thye GohSiong Thye Goh
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answered Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
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Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
add a comment |
Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
Okay, thank you. Why did they give me the profit as capital X though? Does it make a difference?
– Jacopo Salvatore
Dec 1 '18 at 16:11
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
capital $X$ denotes random variable.
– Siong Thye Goh
Dec 2 '18 at 1:58
add a comment |
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