Edexcel S1 2006 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicUniform Distribution
TypeVariance of linear transformation

  1. The random variable \(X\) has the discrete uniform distribution
$$\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = \frac { 1 } { 5 } , \quad x = 1,2,3,4,5$$
  1. Write down the value of \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and show that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = 2\). Find
  2. \(\mathrm { E } ( 3 X - 2 )\),
  3. \(\operatorname { Var } ( 4 - 3 X )\).