7. In a computer game, a star moves across the screen, with constant speed, taking 1 s to travel from one side to the other. The player can stop the star by pressing a key. The object of the game is to stop the star in the middle of the screen by pressing the key exactly 0.5 s after the star first appears. Given that the player actually presses the key \(T\) s after the star first appears, a simple model of the game assumes that \(T\) is a continuous uniform random variable defined over the interval \([ 0,1 ]\).
- Write down \(\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { T } < 0.2 )\).
- Write down E(T).
- Use integration to find \(\operatorname { Var } ( T )\).
A group of 20 children each play this game once.
- Find the probability that no more than 4 children stop the star in less than 0.2 s .
The children are allowed to practise.this game so that this continuous uniform model is no longer applicable.
- Explain how you would expect the mean and variance of T to change.
It is found that a more appropriate model of the game when played by experienced players assumes that \(T\) has a probability density function \(\mathrm { g } ( t )\) given by
$$g ( t ) = \begin{cases} 4 t , & 0 \leq t \leq 0.5
4 - 4 t , & 0.5 \leq t \leq 1 ,
0 , & \text { otherwise } . \end{cases}$$ - Using this model show that \(\mathrm { P } ( T < 0.2 ) = 0.08\).
A group of 75 experienced players each played this game once.
- Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that more than 7 of them stop the star in less than 0.2 s .
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