Edexcel S1 2022 October — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2022
SessionOctober
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeCalculate E(X) from cumulative distribution

  1. The cumulative distribution function of the discrete random variable \(W\), which takes only the values 6,7 and 8 , is given by
$$F ( W ) = \frac { ( w + 3 ) ( w - 1 ) } { 77 } \text { for } w = 6,7,8$$ Find \(\mathrm { E } ( W )\)
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