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Exercise 6B

1 a
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
F(x) 0.1 0.2 0.35 0.6 0.9 1.0

b F(5) = 0.9

c F(2.2) = F(2) = 0.2

2 a
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
F(x) 0 0.1 0.2 0.45 0.5 0.9 1.0

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X = x) 0 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.05 0.4 0.1

b P(X < 5) = 0 + 0.1 +0.1 + 0.25 + 0.05


= 0.5

c P(2 ⩽ X < 5) = 0.1 + 0.25 +0.05


= 0.4

 kx x = 1,3,5
3 a P ( X= x= ) k x − 1 x =
 ( ) 2, 4, 6
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X = x) k k 3k 3k 5k 5k
Since the sum of the probabilities is 1,
18k = 1
1
k=
18
b
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 3 3 5 5
P(X = x)
18 18 18 18 18 18

1 3 3
c P(2 ⩽ X < 5) = + +
18 18 18
7
=
18

1 1 3 3
d F(4) = + + +
18 18 18 18
4
=
9

1
e F(1.6) = F(1) =
18

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4 a Since the sum of the probabilities is 1,
2 ( 0.1) + 2α + 0.3 =
1
α = 0.25

b
x −2 −1 0 1 2
P(X = x) 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.3

c F(0.3) = F(0)
= 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.25
= 0.45

1+ x
5 a F(X ) =
6
1+ 4
=
6
5
=
6

b P(X = 4) = F(4) − F(3)


1+ 4 1+ 3
= −
6 6
5 4
= −
6 6
1
=
6

c
x 1 2 3 4 5
2 1 1 1 1
P(X = x)
6 6 6 6 6

(x + k)
2

6 a F( x) =
16
F ( 3) = 1
Therefore
(3 + k ) = 1
2

16
(3 + k )
2
16
=
3 + k =±4
k = 1 or k = −7
When k = −7 and x = 1
(=
x − 7)
2
36
P (1)
=
16 16
As a probability cannot be greater than 1, k ≠ −7
Therefore k = 1.

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( x + 1)
2

6 b F( x) =
16
x 1 2 3
4 9
F( x) 1
16 16

x 1 2 3
4 5 7
P(X = x)
16 16 16

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