for and elsewhere is a probability density function. The value of is:

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D.

  1. Step 1: Total probability is 1: .
  2. Step 2: .
  3. Step 3: So and .
Answer
3/4.
Why not the others: is the area, not its reciprocal; the other two come from errors in evaluating the integral.

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