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Density<br />

Result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a standard deviation of:<br />

√ ( )<br />

Example 1: The amount of revenue that a farmers market generates on a given Saturday is<br />

uni<strong>for</strong>mly distributed between $5,000 and $22,000.<br />

SOLUTION:<br />

a. F<strong>in</strong>d the PDF <strong>for</strong> this random variable.<br />

b. F<strong>in</strong>d the probability that the between $6,000 and $8,000 is generated.<br />

c. F<strong>in</strong>d the expected value of this random variable and expla<strong>in</strong> its real-world<br />

mean<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

d. F<strong>in</strong>d the standard deviation of this random variable and expla<strong>in</strong> its real-world<br />

mean<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

a. The lower limit is and the upper limit is . Thus,<br />

( )<br />

This is constant function is only valid <strong>for</strong> values between 5000 and 22000. It is valued as<br />

0 everywhere else.<br />

0.00007<br />

0.00006<br />

0.00005<br />

0.00004<br />

0.00003<br />

0.00002<br />

0.00001<br />

0<br />

Revenue PDF<br />

5000 22000<br />

Revenue ($)<br />

b. We want ( ). The probability will be the length times the width.<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 165

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