CAIE S2 2017 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionNovember
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TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables

5 A continuous random variable, \(X\), has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 4 } ( x + 1 ) & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2 \\ 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
  1. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
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  2. Find the median of \(X\).

5 A continuous random variable, $X$, has probability density function given by

$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 4 } ( x + 1 ) & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 2 \\ 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$

(i) Find $\mathrm { E } ( X )$.\\
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(ii) Find the median of $X$.\\

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