Solution

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Put . The function graph is symmetric about the vertical axis, zero outside , and has its unique maximum at with height . On , it decreases as ; the negative side is its reflection. The one-sided interior endpoint values are , so the probability density function jumps to zero at both ends of its support. It also has a corner at its central maximum because of the absolute value in the exponent.
Figure 1.
The symmetric density in Question 16, including its central corner and endpoint jumps
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Values assigned exactly at do not affect any probability.

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