CAIE S2 2009 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

5 The time in minutes taken by candidates to answer a question in an examination has probability density function given by $$\mathrm { f } ( t ) = \begin{cases} k \left( 6 t - t ^ { 2 } \right) & 3 \leqslant t \leqslant 6
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 18 }\).
  2. Find the mean time.
  3. Find the probability that a candidate, chosen at random, takes longer than 5 minutes to answer the question.
  4. Is the upper quartile of the times greater than 5 minutes, equal to 5 minutes or less than 5 minutes? Give a reason for your answer.