CAIE S2 2023 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2023
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind parameter from expectation

5 The random variable \(X\) has probability density function, f, given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { x ^ { 2 } } & a < x < b
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are positive constants.
  1. It is given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = \ln 2\). Show that \(b = 2 a\).
  2. Show that \(a = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\).
  3. Find the median of \(X\).