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Let X1,...,Xn be independent and identically distributed continuous random variables. We s...

Let X1,...,Xn be independent and identically distributed continuous random variables. We say that a record value occurs at time j,j ≤ n, if XjXi for all 1 ≤ i ≤ j. Show that

(a) E[number of record values] = ;


(b) Var(number of record values) = ;

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