Edexcel S2 — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeDirect variance calculation from pdf

7. A corner-shop has weekly sales (in thousands of pounds), which can be modelled by the continuous random variable \(X\) with probability density function $$\begin{array} { l l } \mathrm { f } ( x ) = k ( x - 2 ) ( 10 - x ) & 2 \leq x \leq 10
\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 0 & \text { otherwise } . \end{array}$$
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 3 } { 256 }\) and write down the mean of \(X\).
  2. Find the standard deviation of the weekly sales.
  3. Find the probability that the sales exceed \(\pounds 8000\) in any particular week. If the sales exceed \(\pounds 8000\) per week for 4 consecutive weeks, the manager gets a bonus.
  4. Find the probability that the manager gets a bonus in February.