CAIE S2 2018 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

6 The time, in minutes, taken by people to complete a test is modelled by the continuous random variable \(X\) with probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { k } { x ^ { 2 } } & 5 \leqslant x \leqslant 10
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = 10\).
  2. Show that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 10 \ln 2\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 9 )\).
  4. Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X < a ) = 0.6\), find \(a\).