A-Level MathematicsYear 2020Q8
22 8 A circle, centre O, has radius x cm, where x is an observation from the random variable X which has a rectangular distribution on [0, π] (a) Find the probability that the area of the circle is greater than 10 cm2 (3) (b) State, giving a reason, whether the median area of the circle is greater or less than 10 cm2 (1) The triangle OAB is drawn inside the circle with OA and OB as radii of length x cm and angle AOB x radians. (c) Use algebraic integration to find the expected value of the area of triangle OAB. Give your answer as an exact value. (7) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)