- The continuous random variable \(X\) has probability density function given by
$$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} a x & 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 4 \\ b x + c & 4 < x \leqslant 8 \\ 0 & \text { otherwise } \end{cases}$$
where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are constants.
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Figure 1 shows the graph of the probability density function \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\)
The graph consists of two straight line segments of equal length joined at the point where \(x = 4\)
- Show that \(a = \frac { 1 } { 16 }\)
- Hence find
- the value of \(b\)
- the value of \(c\)
- Using algebraic integration, show that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = \frac { 8 } { 3 }\)
- Find, to 2 decimal places, the lower quartile and the upper quartile of \(X\)
A statistician claims that
$$\mathrm { P } ( - \sigma < X - \mu < \sigma ) > 0.5$$
where \(\mu\) and \(\sigma\) are the mean and standard deviation of \(X\)
- Show that the statistician's claim is correct.