Edexcel S2 2005 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2005
SessionJanuary
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

7. The random variable \(X\) has probability density function $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \begin{cases} k \left( - x ^ { 2 } + 5 x - 4 \right) , & 1 \leq x \leq 4
0 , & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 2 } { 9 }\). Find
  2. \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\),
  3. the mode of \(X\).
  4. the cumulative distribution function \(\mathrm { F } ( x )\) for all \(x\).
  5. Evaluate \(\mathrm { P } ( X \leq 2.5 )\),
  6. Deduce the value of the median and comment on the shape of the distribution.