CAIE S2 2024 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

7 The probability density function, f , of a random variable \(X\) is given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} k ( 1 + \cos x ) & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant \pi
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { \pi }\).
  2. Verify that the median of \(X\) lies between 0.83 and 0.84 .
  3. Find the exact value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
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