Edexcel S2 2022 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicCumulative distribution functions
TypePDF to CDF derivation

  1. The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function
$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} 0.1 x & 0 \leqslant x < 2
k x ( 8 - x ) & 2 \leqslant x < 4
a & 4 \leqslant x < 6
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) and \(a\) are constants.
It is known that \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 4 ) = \frac { 31 } { 45 }\)
  1. Find the exact value of \(k\)
    1. Find the exact value of \(a\)
    2. Find the exact value of \(\mathrm { P } ( 0 \leqslant X \leqslant 5.5 )\)
  2. Specify fully the cumulative distribution function of \(X\)