Edexcel S1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeDerive or identify E(aX+b) or Var(aX+b) formulas

3. The random variable \(X\) is such that $$\mathrm { E } ( X ) = a \text { and } \operatorname { Var } ( X ) = b$$ Find expressions in terms of \(a\) and \(b\) for
  1. \(\mathrm { E } ( 2 X + 3 )\),
  2. \(\quad \operatorname { Var } ( 2 X + 3 )\),
  3. \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right)\).
  4. Show that $$\mathrm { E } \left[ ( X + 1 ) ^ { 2 } \right] = ( a + 1 ) ^ { 2 } + b$$