Edexcel S1 — Question 5

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

5. The discrete random variable \(X\) has the probability function shown below. $$P ( X = x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } k x , & x = 2,3,4,5,6
0 , & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$
  1. Find the value of \(k\).
  2. Show that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = \frac { 9 } { 2 }\). Find
  3. \(\mathrm { P } [ X > \mathrm { E } ( X ) ]\),
  4. \(\mathrm { E } ( 2 X - 5 )\),
  5. \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).