AQA S2 2005 June — Question 7

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2005
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypePiecewise PDF with multiple regions

7 The time, \(T\) hours, that the supporters of Bracken Football Club have to queue in order to obtain their Cup Final tickets has the following probability density function. $$\mathrm { f } ( t ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 5 } & 0 \leqslant t < 3
\frac { 1 } { 45 } t ( 6 - t ) & 3 \leqslant t \leqslant 6
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Sketch the graph of f.
  2. Write down the value of \(\mathrm { P } ( T = 3 )\).
  3. Find the probability that a randomly selected supporter has to queue for at least 3 hours in order to obtain tickets.
  4. Show that the median queuing time is 2.5 hours.
  5. Calculate P (median \(< T <\) mean).