CAIE S2 2019 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeFind parameter from median

6 A function f is defined by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 3 x ^ { 2 } } { a ^ { 3 } } & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant a
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(a\) is a constant.
  1. Show that f is a probability density function for all positive values of \(a\).
    The random variable \(X\) has probability density function f and the median of \(X\) is 2 .
  2. Show that \(a = 2.52\), correct to 3 significant figures.
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).