Edexcel S1 — Question 5

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

5. The discrete random variable \(X\) takes only the values 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The probabilities of these values are given in the table:
\(x\)456789
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(p\)0.1\(q\)\(q\)0.30.2
It is known that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 6 \cdot 7\). Find
  1. the values of \(p\) and \(q\),
  2. the value of \(a\) for which \(\mathrm { E } ( 2 X + a ) = 0\),
  3. \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\). \section*{STATISTICS 1 (A) TEST PAPER 9 Page 2}