CAIE S2 2010 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeFind constant k in PDF

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\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{29ab8740-9fad-4596-b34f-c424b5464858-2_453_1258_251_447} Fred arrives at random times on a station platform. The times in minutes he has to wait for the next train are modelled by the continuous random variable for which the probability density function f is shown above.
  1. State the value of \(k\).
  2. Explain briefly what this graph tells you about the arrival times of trains.