OCR MEI Further Statistics Major 2021 November — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics Major (Further Statistics Major)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind multiple parameters from system

11 The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by
\(f ( x ) = \begin{cases} a x ^ { 2 } & 0 \leqslant x < 2 ,
b ( 3 - x ) ^ { 2 } & 2 \leqslant x \leqslant 3 ,
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}\)
where \(a\) and \(b\) are positive constants.
  1. Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 2\), determine the values of \(a\) and \(b\).
  2. Determine the median value of \(X\).
  3. A random sample of 50 observations of \(X\) is selected. Given that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = 0.2\), determine an estimate of the probability that the mean value of the 50 observations is less than 1.9.