7.2.6 - Applications of PDF in Engineering
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Practice Questions
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What is a PDF?
💡 Hint: Think about how we quantify probability.
Name an application of PDFs in engineering.
💡 Hint: Consider areas where uncertainty is present.
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What does PDF stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the role of distribution in a statistical context.
True or False: PDFs are only used in statistical analysis.
💡 Hint: Consider where else we’ve seen PDFs applied.
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Challenge Problems
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A thermal engineer is studying a heat exchanger where the inlet temperature can vary randomly. How would they use stochastic PDEs and PDFs to model this uncertainty?
💡 Hint: Think about how randomness affects the equations governing the systems.
In a communication system, the designer assumes that the noise follows a Laplace distribution instead of Gaussian. What impact could this have on bit error rate predictions?
💡 Hint: Consider the role of distribution type on the results.
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