| Exam Board | CAIE |
|---|---|
| Module | S2 (Statistics 2) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Session | June |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Continuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables |
6 The length, $X$ centimetres, of worms of a certain type is modelled by the probability density function
$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 6 } { 125 } ( 10 - x ) ( x - 5 ) & 5 \leqslant x \leqslant 10 \\ 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
(a) State the value of $\mathrm { E } ( X )$.\\
(b) Find $\operatorname { Var } ( X )$.\\
(c) Two worms of this type are chosen at random.
Find the probability that exactly one of them has length less than 6 cm .\\
\hfill \mbox{\textit{CAIE S2 2020 Q6}}