Thread: Statistics problem

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with this part of a problem I'm working on.

A random variable is distributed between -1 and 1 according to the probability density function:

P(x)= Ax^4.

Find the value of A.

I'm not sure how to go about this.

Originally Posted by boab

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with this part of a problem I'm working on.

A random variable is distributed between -1 and 1 according to the probability density function:

P(x)= Ax^4.

Find the value of A.

I'm not sure how to go about this.

One of the conditions for a function f(x) to be a pdf is .

For your question this boils down to ......