In: Statistics and Probability
Let X have the pdf fX(x) = 3(1 − x) 2 , 0 < x < 1.
(a) Find the pdf of Y = (1 − X) 3 . Specify the distribution of Y (name and parameter values). (b) Find E(Y ) and Var(Y ).



Alternative method to find mean and variance of Y is


Result:-
For any uniform (a,b) distribution


Therefore,
For


And
