Edexcel S2 — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicCumulative distribution functions
TypeContinuous CDF with polynomial pieces

5. The continuous random variable \(T\) represents the time in hours that students spend on homework. The cumulative distribution function of \(T\) is $$\mathrm { F } ( t ) = \begin{cases} 0 , & t < 0
k \left( 2 t ^ { 3 } - t ^ { 4 } \right) & 0 \leq t \leq 1.5
1 , & t > 1.5 \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 16 } { 27 }\).
  2. Find the proportion of students who spend more than 1 hour on homework.
  3. Find the probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( t )\) of \(T\).
  4. Show that \(\mathrm { E } ( T ) = 0.9\).
  5. Show that \(\mathrm { F } ( \mathrm { E } ( T ) ) = 0.4752\). A student is selected at random. Given that the student spent more than the mean amount of time on homework,
  6. find the probability that this student spent more than 1 hour on homework.