WJEC Further Unit 2 Specimen — Question 1

Exam BoardWJEC
ModuleFurther Unit 2 (Further Unit 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind expectation E(X)

  1. The random variable \(X\) has mean14 and standard deviation 5. The independent random variable \(Y\) has mean 12 and standard deviation 3. The random variable \(W\) is given by \(W = X Y\). Find the value of
    1. \(\quad \mathrm { E } ( W )\),
    2. \(\quad \operatorname { Var } ( W )\).
    3. The queueing times, \(T\) minutes, of customers at a local Post Office are modelled by the probability density function
    $$\begin{array} { l l } f ( t ) = \frac { 1 } { 2500 } t \left( 100 - t ^ { 2 } \right) & \text { for } 0 \leq t \leq 10
    f ( t ) = 0 & \text { otherwise. } \end{array}$$
  2. Determine the mean queueing time.
    1. Find the cumulative distribution function, \(F ( t )\), of \(T\).
    2. Find the probability that a randomly chosen customer queues for more than 5 minutes.
    3. Find the median queueing time.