Edexcel S2 2015 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind parameter from expectation

  1. A continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) where
$$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } k x ^ { n } & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$ where \(k\) and \(n\) are positive integers.
  1. Find \(k\) in terms of \(n\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) in terms of \(n\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right)\) in terms of \(n\). Given that \(n = 2\)
  4. find \(\operatorname { Var } ( 3 X )\).