CAIE S2 (Statistics 2) 2013 November

Question 5
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5 The volume, in \(\mathrm { cm } ^ { 3 }\), of liquid left in a glass by people when they have finished drinking all they want is modelled by the random variable \(X\) with probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} k ( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 3 } { 8 }\).
  2. \(20 \%\) of people leave at least \(d \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\) of liquid in a glass. Find \(d\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).