CAIE S2 2014 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

7 A random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { k } { x } & 1 \leqslant x \leqslant a
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) and \(a\) are positive constants.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { \ln a }\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) in terms of \(a\).
  3. Find the median of \(X\) in terms of \(a\).