In class we showed that if X is a U[0,4] random variable that the minimum
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION
In class we showed that if X is a U[0,4] random
variable that the minimum (by choice of B) of
E(|X‐B|) is B=2. Note that 2 is the median of
the distribution of X. Show that when X has
any continuous distribution with density Xf (x)
then the minimum (over choices of B) of the
function E(|X‐B|) is always to set B equal to
the median of the distribution – ie: XF (B) 0.5 where XF (x) is the cdf corresponding to Xf (x).