SOLUTION: please help me let f(X)=x/6 , x=1,2,3,zero elsewhere be the pdf of x , find the distribution function and the pdf of y=x^2

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Question 59692: please help me
let f(X)=x/6 , x=1,2,3,zero elsewhere be the pdf of x , find the distribution function and the pdf of y=x^2

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let f(X)=x/6 , x=1,2,3,zero elsewhere be the pdf of x , find the distribution function and the pdf of y=x^2
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f(1)=1/6
f(2)=2/6
f(3)=3/6
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dist. function.: y=(1/6)x
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If y=x^2
f(1)=1
f(2)=4
f(3)=9
y=(1/14)x^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.