Edexcel S1 Specimen — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
SessionSpecimen
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeSimple algebraic expression for P(X=x)

3. The discrete random variable \(X\) has probability function
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = \begin{cases} k x , & x = 1,2,3,4,5 ,
0 , & \text { otherwise } . \end{cases}\)
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 15 }\). Find the value of
  2. \(\mathrm { E } ( 2 X + 3 )\),
  3. \(\operatorname { Var } ( 2 X - 4 )\).
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