An article in The New York Times reports that several hedge fund managers now make more than a billion dollars a year.2 Suppose that the annual income of a hedge fund manager in the top tier, in millions of dollars a year, is given by the following probability distribution:
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X($ millions)
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P(x)
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$1,700
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0.2
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1,500
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0.2
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1,200
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0.3
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1,000
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0.1
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800
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0.1
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600
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0.05
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400
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0.05
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a. Find the probability that the annual income of a hedge fund manager will be between $400 million and $1 billion (both inclusive).
b. Find the cumulative distribution function of X.
c. Use F(x) computed in (b) to evaluate the probability that the annual income of a hedge fund manager will be less than or equal to $1 billion.
d. Find the probability that the annual income of a hedge fund manager will be greater than $600 million and less than or equal to $1.5 billion.