Edexcel S1 — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicDiscrete Random Variables
TypeLinear combinations of independent variables

6. The distributions of two independent discrete random variables \(X\) and \(Y\) are given in the tables:
\(x\)012
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(\frac { 3 } { 5 }\)\(\frac { 3 } { 10 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 10 }\)
\(y\)01
\(\mathrm { P } ( Y = y )\)\(\frac { 5 } { 8 }\)\(\frac { 3 } { 8 }\)
The random variable \(Z\) is defined to be the sum of one observation from \(X\) and one from \(Y\).
  1. Tabulate the probability distribution for \(Z\).
  2. Calculate \(\mathrm { E } ( Z )\).
  3. Calculate (i) \(\mathrm { E } \left( Z ^ { 2 } \right)\), (ii) \(\operatorname { Var } ( Z )\).
  4. Calculate Var (3Z-4).