Find a constant C such that p(x) = C x3e−x2 is a probability density over the domain [0,∞) and compute P(0 ≤ X ≤ 1).

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Section13.1: Continuous Probability Models
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Find a constant C such that p(x) = C x3e−x2 is a probability density over the domain [0,∞) and compute P(0 ≤ X ≤ 1).

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