CAIE FP2 2015 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2015
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind median or percentiles

7 The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 21 } x ^ { 2 } & 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ The random variable \(Y\) is defined by \(Y = X ^ { 2 }\). Show that \(Y\) has probability density function given by $$\operatorname { g } ( y ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 42 } y ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } } & 1 \leqslant y \leqslant 16
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ Find
  1. the median value of \(Y\),
  2. the expected value of \(Y\).