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Q59Section C (Section C)59 of 60

Confidence interval based on the sample minimum

Let X1,X2,X3X_1,X_2,X_3 be a random sample from a continuous distribution with the probability density function

f(x)={e−(x−μ),x>μ, 0,otherwise.f(x)=\begin{cases}e^{-(x-\mu)}, & x>\mu,\ 0, & \text{otherwise.}\end{cases}

Let X(1)=min⁡{X1,X2,X3}X_{(1)}=\min\{X_1,X_2,X_3\} and c>0c>0 be a real number. Then (X(1)−c,X(1))\left(X_{(1)}-c,X_{(1)}\right) is a 97%97\% confidence interval for μ\mu, if cc (round off to 2-decimal places) equals __________

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