Edexcel FS2 AS 2019 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFS2 AS (Further Statistics 2 AS)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeFind parameters from given statistics

  1. The random variable \(X\) has a continuous uniform distribution over the interval [5,a], where \(a\) is a constant.
    Given that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = \frac { 27 } { 4 }\)
    1. show that \(a = 14\)
    The continuous random variable \(Y\) has probability density function $$f ( y ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } \frac { 1 } { 20 } ( 2 y - 3 ) & 2 \leqslant y \leqslant 6
    0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$ The random variable \(T = 3 \left( X ^ { 2 } + X \right) + 2 Y\)
  2. Show that \(\mathrm { E } ( T ) = \frac { 9857 } { 30 }\)