Edexcel S2 2024 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypePDF with multiple constants

6 In this question solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.
The continuous random variable \(X\) has the following probability density function $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} a + b x & - 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 3
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
  1. Show that \(4 a + 4 b = 1\) Given that \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right) = \frac { 17 } { 5 }\)
    1. find an equation in terms of \(a\) only
    2. hence show that \(b = 0.1\)
  2. Sketch the probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) of \(X\)
  3. Find the value of \(k\) for which \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geqslant k ) = 0.8\)