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A random variable X has the following probability distribution:
X=x 0 1 3 5
P(X=x) 0·2 0·5 0·2 0·1

Then, the variance of X is

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Important Questions on Probability Distribution

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If a random variable X has the following probability distribution:
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PX=x a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a

Then, the value of a is

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For a random variable X, if E(X)=5 and Var(X)=6, then EX2 is equal to
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The p.d.f. of a random variable X is given by fx=kx,0<x<20,otherwise, then k=

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A random variable X has the following probability distribution
X 1 2 3 4
P(X) 17 27 37 17

Then, the variance of this distribution is

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A baker-man sells 5 types of cakes. Profit due to sale of each type of cake is respectively 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5 and 1. The demands for these cakes are 10%, 5%, 20%, 50% and 15%, respectively. Then, the expected profit per cake is
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The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below:

X=xi 1 2 3
PX=xi 14 18 58

Then its mean is

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The cumulative distribution function of a discrete random variable X is

X 1 2 3 4 5 6
FX 0·18 0·43 0·54 0·68 0·89 1·00

Then, P(1<X<5)=

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The following table represents a probability distribution for a random variable X :

X 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X=x) 0.1 2k k 0.2 3k 0.1

Then, the value of k is