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Date	May 2022	Marks available	6	Reference code	22M.1.AHL.TZ2.8
Level	Additional Higher Level	Paper	Paper 1 (without calculator)	Time zone	Time zone 2
Command term	Find	Question number	8	Adapted from	N/A

Question

A continuous random variable $X$ has the probability density function

$f (x) = \{\begin{matrix} \frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} (x - a), & a \leq x \leq c \\ \frac{2}{(b - a) (b - c)} (b - x), & c < x \leq b \\ 0, & otherwise \end{matrix}$ .

The following diagram shows the graph of $y = f (x)$ for $a \leq x \leq b$ .

Given that $c \geq \frac{a + b}{2}$ , find an expression for the median of $X$ in terms of $a, b$ and $c$ .

Markscheme

let $m$ be the median

EITHER

attempts to find the area of the required triangle M1

base is $(m - a)$ (A1)

and height is $\frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} (m - a)$

area $= \frac{1}{2} (m - a) \times \frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} (m - a) (= \frac{{(m - a)}^{2}}{(b - a) (c - a)})$ A1

OR

attempts to integrate the correct function M1

$\int_{a}^{m} \frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} (x - a) d x$

$= \frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} {[\frac{1}{2} {(x - a)}^{2}]}_{a}^{m}$ OR $\frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} {[\frac{x^{2}}{2} - a x]}_{a}^{m}$ A1A1

Note: Award A1 for correct integration and A1 for correct limits.

THEN

sets up (their) $\int_{a}^{m} \frac{2}{(b - a) (c - a)} (x - a) d x$ or area $= \frac{1}{2}$ M1

Note: Award M0A0A0M1A0A0 if candidates conclude that $m > c$ and set up their area or sum of integrals $= \frac{1}{2}$ .

$\frac{{(m - a)}^{2}}{(b - a) (c - a)} = \frac{1}{2}$

$m = a \pm \sqrt{\frac{(b - a) (c - a)}{2}}$ (A1)

as $m > a$ , rejects $m = a - \sqrt{\frac{(b - a) (c - a)}{2}}$

so $m = a + \sqrt{\frac{(b - a) (c - a)}{2}}$ A1

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Syllabus sections

Topic 2—Functions » SL 2.7—Solutions of quadratic equations and inequalities, discriminant and nature of roots

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