AQA S2 2015 June — Question 2 3 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
Marks3
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeFind parameters from given statistics

2 The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function defined by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { k } & a \leqslant x \leqslant b
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Write down, in terms of \(a\) and \(b\), the value of \(k\).
    1. Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 1\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = 3\), find the values of \(a\) and \(b\).
    2. Four independent values of \(X\) are taken. Find the probability that exactly one of these four values is negative.
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