SOLUTION: The continuous random distribution X is uniformly distributed in the interval a<x<b.The lower quartile is 5 and the upper quartile is 9.Find the i)value of a and b ii)E(X)

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Question 1162569: The continuous random distribution X is uniformly distributed in the interval a ii)E(X)
Answer by ikleyn(52887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The mathematical expectation of the uniform distribution is equal to (b+a)/2,

where "a" and "b" are the interval's endpoints.