Edexcel S1 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeCalculate E(X) from given distribution

  1. The discrete random variable \(Y\) has the following probability distribution.
\(y\)\({ } ^ { - } 2\)\({ } ^ { - } 1\)012
\(\mathrm { P } ( Y = y )\)0.10.150.20.30.25
Find
  1. \(\mathrm { F } ( 0.5 )\),
  2. \(\mathrm { P } \left( { } ^ { - } 1 < Y < 1.9 \right)\),
  3. \(\mathrm { E } ( Y )\),
  4. \(\mathrm { E } ( 3 Y - 1 )\).