Find the cumulative distribution function given a pdf

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A distribution X is described by the probability density function

$f(x) = \frac{x}{\alpha^2}e^{-\frac{x^2}{2\alpha^2}}$, where $x\ge0.$

Find the cumulative distribution function.


What I have so far is $F(x) = 1-e^{-\frac{x^2}{2\alpha^2}}$ for $x\ge0$ using the integral $\int^{x}_0\frac{t}{\alpha^2}e^{-\frac{t^2}{2\alpha^2}}dt$ .

Is this all I need? I feel like I'm missing something...

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Assuming $\alpha \neq 0$, your answer is correct. (If $\alpha = 0$, the PDF is undefined, so there's not much to do there either.)