How to calculate expected value and variance of a random variable [on hold]











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Let the random variable $Y$ have the following density:



$$f(y) = frac{1+beta y}2, -1 le y le 1, -1 le beta le 1$$



Find $E(Y)$ and $V(Y)$.



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Let the random variable $Y$ have the following density:



$$f(y) = frac{1+beta y}2, -1 le y le 1, -1 le beta le 1$$



Find $E(Y)$ and $V(Y)$.



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Let the random variable $Y$ have the following density:



$$f(y) = frac{1+beta y}2, -1 le y le 1, -1 le beta le 1$$



Find $E(Y)$ and $V(Y)$.



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Let the random variable $Y$ have the following density:



$$f(y) = frac{1+beta y}2, -1 le y le 1, -1 le beta le 1$$



Find $E(Y)$ and $V(Y)$.



Can anyone help me with this problem?







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  • Hi, welcome to StackExchange! Generally we don't like to have questions in links. I've gone ahead and edited the question into the post.
    – Monstrous Moonshiner
    Nov 21 at 22:58










  • Placing the question on hold seems awfully drastic. It is obvious the question is being put by someone who is just beginning a course in probability theory. The supplied answer is something that is usually given early in any probability course taken after elementary calculus.
    – herb steinberg
    Nov 22 at 2:49


















  • Hi, welcome to StackExchange! Generally we don't like to have questions in links. I've gone ahead and edited the question into the post.
    – Monstrous Moonshiner
    Nov 21 at 22:58










  • Placing the question on hold seems awfully drastic. It is obvious the question is being put by someone who is just beginning a course in probability theory. The supplied answer is something that is usually given early in any probability course taken after elementary calculus.
    – herb steinberg
    Nov 22 at 2:49
















Hi, welcome to StackExchange! Generally we don't like to have questions in links. I've gone ahead and edited the question into the post.
– Monstrous Moonshiner
Nov 21 at 22:58




Hi, welcome to StackExchange! Generally we don't like to have questions in links. I've gone ahead and edited the question into the post.
– Monstrous Moonshiner
Nov 21 at 22:58












Placing the question on hold seems awfully drastic. It is obvious the question is being put by someone who is just beginning a course in probability theory. The supplied answer is something that is usually given early in any probability course taken after elementary calculus.
– herb steinberg
Nov 22 at 2:49




Placing the question on hold seems awfully drastic. It is obvious the question is being put by someone who is just beginning a course in probability theory. The supplied answer is something that is usually given early in any probability course taken after elementary calculus.
– herb steinberg
Nov 22 at 2:49










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$E(Y^k)=int_{-1}^1y^kf(y)dy$. $V(Y)=E(Y^2)-E(Y)^2$. I presume you can do the calculations.






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    $E(Y^k)=int_{-1}^1y^kf(y)dy$. $V(Y)=E(Y^2)-E(Y)^2$. I presume you can do the calculations.






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      $E(Y^k)=int_{-1}^1y^kf(y)dy$. $V(Y)=E(Y^2)-E(Y)^2$. I presume you can do the calculations.






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        $E(Y^k)=int_{-1}^1y^kf(y)dy$. $V(Y)=E(Y^2)-E(Y)^2$. I presume you can do the calculations.






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        $E(Y^k)=int_{-1}^1y^kf(y)dy$. $V(Y)=E(Y^2)-E(Y)^2$. I presume you can do the calculations.







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