CAIE Further Paper 4 2024 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 4 (Further Paper 4)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicContinuous Probability Distributions and Random Variables
TypePiecewise PDF with k

4 The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function f given by $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} k x ^ { 3 } & 0 \leqslant x < 1 ,
k ( 5 - x ) & 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 5 ,
0 & \text { otherwise } , \end{cases}$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Sketch the graph of f.
  2. Show that \(k = \frac { 4 } { 33 }\).
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  3. Find the cumulative distribution function of \(X\).
  4. Find the median value of \(X\).