Edexcel S2 2004 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2004
SessionJanuary
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

7. The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} k x ( 5 - x ) , & 0 \leq x \leq 4
0 , & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 3 } { 56 }\).
  2. Find the cumulative distribution function \(\mathrm { F } ( x )\) for all values of \(x\).
  3. Evaluate \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
  4. Find the modal value of \(X\).
  5. Verify that the median value of \(X\) lies between 2.3 and 2.5.
  6. Comment on the skewness of \(X\). Justify your answer. \section*{END}