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"## Exercise 9.1\n",
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"What is the relationship between a cumulative distribution function (CDF) and a probability density function (PDF)? We didn't cover it in class, but what is the relationship between as CDF and a probability mass function (PMF)?"
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"## Exercise 9.2\n",
"\n",
"Say I am interested in modeling the time it takes for a certain process to happen in a cell. For reasons that you will understand in future lessons, we might model the time $t$ to be Exponentially distributed, having probability density function\n",
"\n",
"\\begin{align}\n",
"f(t) = \\beta \\mathrm{e}^{-\\beta t}.\n",
"\\end{align}\n",
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"1. Write down the CDF, $F(t)$.\n",
"2. Say you are interested instead in the reciprocal time, $k = 1/t$. Write down the PDF for $k$."
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"## Exercise 9.3\n",
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"Write down any questions or points of confusion that you have."
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