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Q56Section C (Section C)56 of 60

Second moment of a piecewise density

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

f(x)={ax2,0<x<1, bx−4,x≥1, 0,otherwise,f(x)=\begin{cases}ax^2, & 0<x<1,\ bx^{-4}, & x\ge1,\ 0, & \text{otherwise,}\end{cases}

where aa and bb are positive real numbers. If E(X)=1E(X)=1, then E(X2)E(X^2) equals __________

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