Edexcel S1 2014 January — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeTwo unknowns from sum and expectation

4. A discrete random variable \(X\) has the probability distribution given in the table below, where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(a\)\(\frac { 1 } { 10 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 5 }\)\(\frac { 3 } { 10 }\)\(b\)
Given \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = \frac { 9 } { 5 }\)
    1. find two simultaneous equations for \(a\) and \(b\),
    2. show that \(a = \frac { 1 } { 20 }\) and find the value of \(b\).
  1. Specify the cumulative distribution function \(\mathrm { F } ( x )\) for \(x = - 1,0,1\), 2 and 3
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 2.5 )\).
  3. Find \(\operatorname { Var } ( 3 - 2 X )\).
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