OCR Further Statistics 2024 June — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Statistics (Further Statistics)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeMultiple unknowns from expectation and variance

1 A discrete random variable \(X\) has the following distribution, where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are constants.
\(x\)0123
\(\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { X } = \mathrm { x } )\)\(a\)\(b\)\(c\)0.1
It is given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 1.25\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = 0.8875\).
  1. Determine the values of \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\).
  2. The random variable \(Y\) is defined by \(Y = 7 - 2 X\). Write down the value of \(\operatorname { Var } ( Y )\).
  3. Twenty independent observations of \(X\) are obtained. The number of those observations for which \(X = 3\) is denoted by \(T\). Find the value of \(\operatorname { Var } ( T )\).