CAIE S2 2013 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

5 A random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { k } { x ^ { 3 } } & x \geqslant 1
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = 2\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 1 \leqslant X \leqslant 2 )\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).