CAIE S2 2019 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2019
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

4 A random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \frac { 1 } { 2 } x & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant a
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(a\) is a constant.
  1. Find \(a\).
  2. Show that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = \frac { 4 } { 3 }\).
    The median of \(X\) is denoted by \(m\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { E } ( X ) < X < m )\).