Edexcel S2 — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSymmetry property of PDF

4. Light bulbs produced in a certain factory have lifetimes, in 100 s of hours, whose distribution is modelled by the random variable \(X\) with probability density function $$\begin{array} { l l } \mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 2 x ( 3 - x ) } { 9 } , & 0 \leq x \leq 3
\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array}$$
  1. Sketch \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
  2. Write down the mean lifetime of a bulb.
  3. Show that ten times as many bulbs fail before 200 hours as survive beyond 250 hours.
  4. Given that a bulb lasts for 200 hours, find the probability that it will then last for at least another 50 hours.
  5. State, with a reason, whether you consider that the density function \(f\) is a realistic model for the lifetimes of light bulbs. \section*{STATISTICS 2 (A) TEST PAPER 2 Page 2}