In: Statistics and Probability
The score of a student on a certain exam is represented by a number between 0 and 1. Suppose that the student passes the exam if this number is at least 0.55. Suppose we model this experiment by a continuous random variable X, the score, whose probability density function is given by
f(x) = { x if 0 <= x < 0.5
5x - 2 if 0.5 <= x <= 1
0 otherwise }
a. What is the probability that the student fails the exam?
b. What is the score that he will obtain with a 50% chance?
c. Compute the 10th and 90th percentiles