CAIE S2 2014 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeGeometric/graphical PDF with k

2
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{323cf83a-e23b-494e-a911-856d8f1c92fd-2_483_791_708_676} The diagram shows the graph of the probability density function, f , of a random variable \(X\).
  1. Find the value of the constant \(c\).
  2. Find the value of \(a\) such that \(\mathrm { P } ( a < X < 1 ) = 0.1\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).