SPS SPS SM Statistics 2022 February — Question 11

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Statistics (SPS SM Statistics)
Year2022
SessionFebruary
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypePiecewise or conditional probability function

  1. Answer all the questions.
The discrete random variable \(X\) has the probability function $$\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } c ( 7 - 2 x ) & x = 0,1,2,3
k & x = 4
0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$ where \(c\) and \(k\) are constants.
  1. Show that \(16 c + k = 1\)
  2. Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geq 3 ) = \frac { 5 } { 8 }\) find the value of \(c\) and the value of \(k\).
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