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help with s2 continuous random variable- finding median. pictures provided

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i dont get the last part of the question, finding the median?

could someone please explain, the markscheme makes no sense to me!(im self teaching this module)

thanks! :smile:
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s1.pngs1111.png

i dont get the last part of the question, finding the median?

could someone please explain, the markscheme makes no sense to me!(im self teaching this module)

thanks! :smile:


I can't open your second attachment..

Can you see that the median is less than 2. (More than half the area is to the left of 2.)

So you need ∫0mx3dx=12\displaystyle \int _0^m \frac{x}{3}dx=\frac{1}{2} where m is the median.

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