Edexcel S2 — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicCumulative distribution functions
TypeFind quantiles from CDF

4. A continuous random variable \(X\) has the cumulative distribution function $$\mathrm { F } ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l } 0
\frac { 1 } { 84 } \left( x ^ { 2 } - 16 \right)
1 \end{array} \right.$$ $$\begin{aligned} & x < 4 ,
& 4 \leq x \leq 10 ,
& x > 10 . \end{aligned}$$
  1. Find the median value of \(X\).
  2. Find the interquartile range for \(X\).
  3. Find the probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) of \(X\).
  4. Sketch the graph of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) and hence write down the mode of \(X\), explaining how you obtain your answer from the graph. \section*{STATISTICS 2 (A) TEST PAPER 1 Page 2}