CAIE FP2 2016 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2016
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypePower transformation (Y = X^n, n≥2)

7 The random variable \(X\) has probability density function f given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 6 } x & 2 \leqslant x \leqslant 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Find the distribution function of \(X\). The random variable \(Y\) is defined by \(Y = X ^ { 3 }\). Find
  2. the probability density function of \(Y\),
  3. the value of \(k\) for which \(\mathrm { P } ( Y \geqslant k ) = \frac { 7 } { 12 }\).