Edexcel S2 2017 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicCumulative distribution functions
TypeConditional probability with CDF

5. A call centre records the length of time, \(T\) minutes, its customers wait before being connected to an agent. The random variable \(T\) has a cumulative distribution function given by $$\mathrm { F } ( t ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l r } 0 & t < 0
0.3 t - 0.004 t ^ { 3 } & 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 5
1 & t > 5 \end{array} \right.$$
  1. Find the proportion of customers waiting more than 4 minutes to be connected to an agent.
  2. Given that a customer waits more than 2 minutes to be connected to an agent, find the probability that the customer waits more than 4 minutes.
  3. Show that the upper quartile lies between 2.7 and 2.8 minutes.
  4. Find the mean length of time a customer waits to be connected to an agent.