Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3-2 - Probability Distributions and Probability Mass Functions - Exercises - Page 69: 3-19

Answer

(a) P(x=4)=9/25 (b) P(x≤1)=4/25 (c) P(2≤x<4)=12/25 (d) P(x>-10)=1

Work Step by Step

Given that, f(0)=((2(0)+1)/(25))=(1/(25)), f(1)=((2(1)+1)/(25))=(3/(25)), f(2)=((2(2)+1)/(25))=(5/(25)), f(3)=((2(3)+1)/(25))=(7/(25)), f(4)=((2(4)+1)/(25))=(9/(25)), this means that for all possible values of x, f(x) ≥ 0, and, P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)+P(X=4)=(1/(25))+(3/(25))+(5/(25))+(7/(25))+(9/(25))=((25)/(25))=1 (a) P(x=4)=((2(4)+1)/(25))=(9/(25)) (b) P(x≤1)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)=(1/(25))+(3/(25))=(4/(25)) (c) P(2≤x<4)=P(X=2)+P(X=3)=(5/(25))+(7/(25))==((12)/(25)) (d) P(x>-10)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)+P(X=4)=(1/(25))+(3/(25))+(5/(25))+(7/(25))+(9/(25))=((25)/(25))=1
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