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Q55Section C (Section C)55 of 60

Probability from a piecewise-linear density with unknown middle height

Let XX be a continuous random variable with the probability density function

f(x)={x8,0<x<2, k8,2≤x≤4, 6−x8,4<x<6, 0,otherwise,f(x)=\begin{cases}\frac x8, & 0<x<2,\ \frac k8, & 2\le x\le4,\ \frac{6-x}8, & 4<x<6,\ 0, & \text{otherwise,}\end{cases}

where kk is a real constant. Then P(1<X<5)P(1<X<5) equals __________________

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