CAIE FP2 2012 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicExponential Distribution
TypeFind parameter from given information

7 The waiting time, \(T\) minutes, before a customer is served in a restaurant has distribution function F given by $$\mathrm { F } ( t ) = \begin{cases} 1 - \mathrm { e } ^ { - \lambda t } & t \geqslant 0
0 & t < 0 \end{cases}$$ where \(\lambda\) is a positive constant. The standard deviation of \(T\) is 8 . Find
  1. the value of \(\lambda\),
  2. the probability that a customer has to wait between 5 and 10 minutes before being served,
  3. the median value of \(T\).