OCR MEI S1 2005 January — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2005
SessionJanuary
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeProbability distribution from formula

4 The number, \(X\), of children per family in a certain city is modelled by the probability distribution \(\mathrm { P } ( X = r ) = k ( 6 - r ) ( 1 + r )\) for \(r = 0,1,2,3,4\).
  1. Copy and complete the following table and hence show that the value of \(k\) is \(\frac { 1 } { 50 }\).
    \(r\)01234
    \(\mathrm { P } ( X = r )\)\(6 k\)\(10 k\)
  2. Calculate \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
  3. Hence write down the probability that a randomly selected family in this city has more than the mean number of children.