Edexcel S2 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeInterquartile range and percentiles

  1. A golfer believes that the distance, in metres, that she hits a ball with a 5 iron, follows a continuous uniform distribution over the interval [100, 150].
    1. Find the median and interquartile range of the distance she hits a ball, that would be predicted by this model.
    2. Explain why the continuous uniform distribution may not be a suitable model.
      (2 marks)
    3. The continuous random variable \(X\) has the following cumulative distribution function:
    $$\mathrm { F } ( x ) = \begin{cases} 0 , & x < 0
    \frac { 1 } { 64 } \left( 16 x - x ^ { 2 } \right) , & 0 \leq x \leq 8
    1 , & x > 8 \end{cases}$$
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 5 )\).
  3. Find and specify fully the probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) of \(X\).
  4. Sketch \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) for all values of \(x\).