1999 Paper 3 Q13

Year: 1999
Paper: 3
Question Number: 13

Course: LFM Stats And Pure
Section: Geometric Probability

Difficulty: 1700.0 Banger: 1484.0

Problem

The cakes in our canteen each contain exactly four currants, each currant being randomly placed in the cake. I take a proportion \(X\) of a cake where \(X\) is a random variable with density function \[{\mathrm f}(x)=Ax\] for \(0\leqslant x\leqslant 1\) where \(A\) is a constant.
  1. What is the expected number of currants in my portion?
  2. If I find all four currants in my portion, what is the probability that I took more than half the cake?

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The cakes in our canteen each contain
exactly four currants, each currant being randomly placed in the cake. I take a proportion $X$ of a cake where $X$ is a random variable with density function
\[{\mathrm f}(x)=Ax\]
for $0\leqslant x\leqslant 1$ where $A$ is a constant.
\begin{questionparts}
\item What is the expected number of currants in my portion?
\item If I find all four currants in my portion, what is the probability that I took more than half the cake?
\end{questionparts}