OCR MEI S1 2016 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeSimple algebraic expression for P(X=x)

4 The probability distribution of the random variable \(X\) is given by the formula $$\mathrm { P } ( X = r ) = \frac { k } { r ( r - 1 ) } \text { for } r = 2,3,4,5,6 .$$
  1. Show that the value of \(k\) is 1.2 . Using this value of \(k\), show the probability distribution of \(X\) in a table.
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).