| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | S2 (Statistics 2) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Continuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables |
| Type | Symmetry property of PDF |
6 The probability density function, f , of a random variable \(X\) is given by
$$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \begin{cases} k \left( 6 x - x ^ { 2 } \right) & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 6
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
where \(k\) is a constant.
State the value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and show that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = \frac { 9 } { 5 }\).