A detective is interested on studying the traffic accidents in a town. The time between accidents in a day in this town is given by T, with density function f(t)= et fort 2 0. Calculate the expected value of the random variable g(T) = - +1.

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A detective is interested on studying the traffic accidents in a town. The time between accidents in a
day in this town is given by T, with density function f(t) = et for t≥ 0. Calculate the expected value
of the random variable g(T) = e-T + 1.
Transcribed Image Text:A detective is interested on studying the traffic accidents in a town. The time between accidents in a day in this town is given by T, with density function f(t) = et for t≥ 0. Calculate the expected value of the random variable g(T) = e-T + 1.
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