Edexcel S2 2018 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionJanuary
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypePiecewise PDF with k

  1. The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) given by
$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 16 } x ^ { 2 } & 1 \leqslant x < 3
k ( 4 - x ) & 3 \leqslant x \leqslant 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 11 } { 12 }\)
  2. Sketch \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) for \(1 \leqslant x \leqslant 4\)
  3. Write down the mode of \(X\) Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = \frac { 25 } { 9 }\)
  4. use algebraic integration to find \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\), giving your answer to 3 significant figures. The cumulative distribution function of \(X\) is given by $$\mathrm { F } ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l r } 0 & x < 1
    \frac { 1 } { 48 } \left( x ^ { 3 } + c \right) & 1 \leqslant x < 3
    \frac { 11 } { 12 } \left( 4 x - \frac { 1 } { 2 } x ^ { 2 } + d \right) & 3 \leqslant x \leqslant 4
    1 & x > 4 \end{array} \right.$$
    1. Find the exact value of \(C\)
    2. Find the exact value of \(d\)
  5. Calculate, to 3 significant figures, the upper quartile of \(X\)
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