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A two-parameter family of univariate distributions defined on the interval $[0,1]$.

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If X is Beta distributed, what is distribution of Y: Y=1 for X>0.5 and Y=0 otherwise

$Y$ is obviously Bernoulli distributed, with the probability $p=P(Y=1)$ equal to $P(X>0.5)$, i.e. $$\int_{0.5}^1 f(x)\ dx$$ where $f(x)$ is the pdf of the $\mathrm{Beta}(\alpha,\beta)$ distribution. …
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