SPS SPS FM Statistics 2020 October — Question 5

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS FM Statistics (SPS FM Statistics)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind median or percentiles

5. The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 4 } { 3 x ^ { 3 } } & 1 \leq x < 2
\frac { 1 } { 12 } x & 2 \leq x \leq 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ a) Find the upper quartile of \(X\).
b) Find \(\mathrm { P } \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } < X \leq 3 \right)\)
c) Find the value of \(a\) for which \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right) = a \mathrm { E } ( X )\).