In: Statistics and Probability
You arrive at the train station between 7:20 am and 7:30 am, uniformly. The train arrives every 8 minutes starting from 7:00 am. Let Y be the waiting time. Please compute the pdf of Y.
SOLUTION:
From given data,
You arrive at the train station between 7:20 am and 7:30 am, uniformly. The train arrives every 8 minutes starting from 7:00 am. Let Y be the waiting time. Please compute the pdf of Y.
Where,
The train station between 7:20 am and 7:30 am.
The train arrives every 8 minutes starting from 7:00 am.
Let Y be the waiting time. (this will be in minutes)
Y = - X + 24 , 20 < X < 24
Y = - X + 30 , 25 < X < 30
X follows uniform distribution in the range [20 , 30]
f(X) =1/(30-20)= 1/10 , 20 < X < 30
f(X) = 0 , else
and
f(Y) = f(X) ( X / Y )
f(Y) = (1/10) ( X / Y (24-Y))
f(Y) = - 1/10 , 20 < X < 30
the pdf of Y is - 1/10 , 20 < X < 30