Question

HELP ASAP PLS! A random number generator is used to create a real number between 0 and 1, equally likely to fall anywhere in this interval of values. (For the instance, 0.3794259832... is a possible outcome). a. Sketch a curve of the probability distribution of this random variable, which is the continuous version of the uniform distribution. b. What is the mean of this probability distribution?

Answer 1

a. Attached.

b. Mean = 0.5

Explanation:

This random number generator con be modeled with an uniform continous random variable X that has values within 0 and 1, each with the same constant probability within this range.

The probability for the values within the interval [a,b] in a continous uniform distribution can be calculated as:

`f(x)=(1)/(b-a)\;\;\;x\in[0; 1]`

In this case, b=1 and a=0, so f(x)=1.

The sketched curve of the probability distribution of this random variable is attached.

The mean of this distribution can be calculated as the mean for any uniform distribution:

`E(X)=(a+b)/(2)=(0+1)/(2)=0.5`