Edexcel S1 2008 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicCumulative distribution functions
TypeDiscrete CDF to PMF

6. The discrete random variable \(X\) can take only the values 2,3 or 4 . For these values the cumulative distribution function is defined by $$F ( x ) = \frac { ( x + k ) ^ { 2 } } { 25 } \text { for } x = 2,3,4$$ where \(k\) is a positive integer.
  1. Find \(k\).
  2. Find the probability distribution of \(X\).