CAIE S2 2015 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

7 The probability density function of the random variable \(X\) is given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 3 } { 4 } x ( c - x ) & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant c
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(c\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(c = 2\).
  2. Sketch the graph of \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) and state the median of \(X\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 1.5 )\).
  4. Hence write down the value of \(\mathrm { P } ( 0.5 < X < 1 )\).