Edexcel S1 2018 January — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionJanuary
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeMultiple unknowns from expectation and variance

4. The discrete random variable \(X\) has probability distribution
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(a\)\(b\)\(a\)\(b\)0.2
  1. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) in terms of \(a\) and \(b\) For this probability distribution, \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = \mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right)\)
    1. Write down the value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\)
    2. Find the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\)
  2. Find \(\operatorname { Var } ( 1 - 3 X )\) Given that \(Y = 1 - X\), find
    1. \(\mathrm { P } ( Y < 0 )\)
    2. the largest possible value of \(k\) such that \(\mathrm { P } ( Y < k ) = 0.2\)