Edexcel S1 2003 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2003
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeCalculate Var(X) from probability function

4. The discrete random variable \(X\) has probability function $$\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = \begin{array} { l l } k \left( x ^ { 2 } - 9 \right) , & x = 4,5,6
0 , & \text { otherwise } \end{array}$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant.
  1. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 50 }\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
  3. Find \(\operatorname { Var } ( 2 X - 3 )\).