TUTORIAL 7.

1
1. b. i)
ii)
iii)
2. a. S
b.

P ( X 4) 0.1
P ( X 4 ) 0 .5
P( 3 X 6) 0.5
HHH , HHT , HTH , HTT , THH , THT , TTH , TTT

X
P(X-x)

-3
1/8

-1
3/8

1
3/8

3
1/8

0
1/8

1
3/8

2
3/8

3
1/8

0
2/7

1
4/7

2
1/7

X
P(X-x)

0
1/7

1
4/7

2
2/7

X
P(X-x)

0
9/49

1
24/49

2
16/49

c. P ( X 0)

1
2

3.
X
P(X-x)

P( X

x) 1

4. a.
X
P(X-x)

5. a. x = 0,1,2
b.

c.

x0
0 ,
9 / 49 , 0 x 1

F ( x)

33 / 49, 1 x 2
1 ,
x2

P ( X 2) 33 / 49
6. a.k=1/10
b. k=1/64

7. a. k=0.1
b. P ( X 3) 0.4
c. P(1 X 4) 0.7
d. P( X 2) 0.6

x0
0,
1/ 8 , 0 x 1

8. a.

c.

F ( x) 4 / 8 , 1 x 2
7 / 8, 2 x 3

1 ,
x3
0,
1/ 3 ,

F ( x) 2 / 3 ,
5 / 6,

1 ,

0,
3 / 25 ,

7 / 25 ,
b. F ( x)
12 / 25,
18 / 25 ,

1,

x0
1 x 2
2x3
3 x 4
5 x4
x5

x 2
2 x 1
1 x 1
1 x 2
x2

5. a) k =
b)

3
4
7
b)
72

6. a)
TUTORIAL 7.2

1
2

1
3

2
5
11
b) i)
20
3
ii)
5

1. a) k =

1
4
175
b) i)
256
81
ii)
256

2. a) k =

3. a) i) m =

3
26

19
26
19
iii)
26

ii)

b)

4. a) k =

2
27

8
27
c) m = 1.26

b)

TUTORIAL 7.3

1.

E x 14a ,

2.

E x 6.59 , E x 2 44.69 , E 2 x 3 10.18 , E 3 x 2 2 x 3 145.25

Var x 196a 2 46a

Var x 1.2619 , Var 5 x 1 31.548

3.

a. E x 1.34 , Var x 0.924 , x 0.9615

4.

a. a 0.8, b 0.2
b. E x 1.2 , E 2 x 5 2.6 , Var x 0.16 , Var 4 x 2.56

5.

a. k=1/8
b. E x 15 / 8 , Var x 71 / 64 , E 4 x 9 33 / 2 , Var 4 x 9 71 / 4

6.

a. E x 8 / 3 , Var x 8 / 9

7.

a. k=-3/4
b. E x 2 , Var x 0.2 ,

b. E x 239 / 48 , Var x 5.4996

c. E 3 x 4 2 , Var 3 x 4 1.8
8.

E 3 X 2Y 12 , E 3 X 2Y 0 , Var 3 X 2Y 17 , Var 3 X 2Y 17

9.

a=4, b=6
a=6,b=4

SELECTED EXERCISE 7
1. a) k = 15

7. i) a = 4, b = -4
11
ii) Var(X) =
225
4
iii) E(Y) =
, SD(Y) = 1.1055
3

0 ,
1

,
15
1

,
5
b) F( x )
6 ,
15
2

,
3
1 ,

c)

x2
2x3
3x4
4x5
5x6
x6

9
15
14
14
, Var ( X)
3
9
7
56
E(7 2 X) , Var (7 2 X )
3
9

d) E( X)

2. a)

b)

74
5

3. a) c =

11
36

7
9
5. a) k = 2
b) b = 1

b)

c) E(X) =
6. a) k =
19
24
7
c)
6

b)

13
6

2
2
, Var(X) =
, E(3 X 2 6 X) 6
3
9