Friday, October 10, 2014

The velocity of a particle in a gas is a random variable V with probability distribution fV ( v ) =...

The velocity of a particle in a gas is a random variable V with probability distribution

fV (v) = av2e-bv            v > 0

where b is a constant that depends on the temperature of the gas and the mass of the particle.

(a) Find the value of the constant a.

(b) The kinetic energy of the particle is W = mV2/2. Find the probability distribution of W.

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