Edexcel S1 2014 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeMultiple unknowns from expectation and variance

5. The discrete random variable \(X\) has the following probability distribution
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(a\)\(b\)\(a\)\(c\)
where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are probabilities.
Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 0.8\)
  1. find the value of \(c\). Given also that \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right) = 5\) find
  2. the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\),
  3. \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\) The random variable \(Y = 5 - 3 X\)
    Find
  4. \(\mathrm { E } ( Y )\)
  5. \(\operatorname { Var } ( Y )\)
  6. \(\mathrm { P } ( Y \geqslant 0 )\)