Edexcel S1 2018 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeProbability distribution from formula

4. A discrete random variable \(X\) has probability function $$\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c l } k ( 2 - x ) & x = 0,1
k ( 3 - x ) & x = 2,3
k ( x + 1 ) & x = 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 9 }\) Find the exact value of
  2. \(\mathrm { P } ( 1 \leqslant X < 4 )\)
  3. \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\)
  4. \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right)\)
  5. \(\operatorname { Var } ( 3 X + 1 )\)