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Practice — Probability distributions • Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable

Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: check 1
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

X takes the values \(0,10,20\) with respective probabilities \(10k,11k,13k\).

Find the normalising constant k.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: review variant 1
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O1-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

X takes the values \(0,11,22\) with respective probabilities \(11k,12k,14k\).

Find the normalising constant k.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: check 2
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O2

Maths4U Original · Short practice

X takes the values \(0,11,22\) with respective probabilities \(11k,12k,14k\).

Find E(X).

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: review variant 2
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O2-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

X takes the values \(0,12,24\) with respective probabilities \(12k,13k,15k\).

Find E(X).

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: check 3
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O3

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The \(\displaystyle n=16\) observations X have mean 13 and population variance 14. Define \(Y=4X+18\). A second disjoint group has 18 Y-values with mean 74.

Find the sum of Y in the first group.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: review variant 3
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O3-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=17\) observations X have mean 14 and population variance 15. Define \(Y=2X+19\). A second disjoint group has 19 Y-values with mean 51.

Find the sum of Y in the first group.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: check 4
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O4

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=17\) observations X have mean 14 and population variance 15. Define \(Y=2X+19\). A second disjoint group has 19 Y-values with mean 51.

Find the mean of all Y-values in both groups.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Expectation and variance of a discrete random variable: review variant 4
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T149-O4-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=18\) observations X have mean 15 and population variance 16. Define \(Y=3X+20\). A second disjoint group has 20 Y-values with mean 69.

Find the mean of all Y-values in both groups.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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