Edexcel S1 2007 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeTwo unknowns from sum and expectation

7. The random variable \(X\) has probability distribution
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)0.2\(p\)0.2\(q\)0.15
  1. Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 4.5\), write down two equations involving \(p\) and \(q\). Find
  2. the value of \(p\) and the value of \(q\),
  3. \(\mathrm { P } ( 4 < X \leqslant 7 )\). Given that \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right) = 27.4\), find
  4. \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\),
  5. \(\mathrm { E } ( 19 - 4 X )\),
  6. \(\operatorname { Var } ( 19 - 4 X )\).