CAIE S2 2015 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypeSingle-piece PDF with k

4 A random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} k \left( 4 - x ^ { 2 } \right) & - 2 \leqslant x \leqslant 2
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 3 } { 32 }\).
  2. Sketch the graph of \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) and hence write down the value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 1 )\).