ACTIVITY

DEEPEN
A. Show that the following is a probability mass function.
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1. P ( X=x ) = 3
{
x ,if x ϵ {1,2 }
0 , otherwise .
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2. P ( X=x ) = 55
{
x ,if x ϵ {1,2,3,4,5 }
0 , otherwise .
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3. P ( X=x )= 6
{
,if x ϵ {1,2,3,4,5,6 }
0 ,otherwise .

x2
4. P ( X=x )= 91
{
, if x ϵ {1,2,3,4,5,6 }
0 , otherwise .

x2
5. P ( X=x )= 204
{
,if x ϵ {1,2,3 , … , 8 }
0 , otherwise .

x2
6. P ( X=x )= 285
{
, if x ϵ {1,2,3 , … , 9 }
0 , otherwise .
B. Solve.
7. Let f ( x )=kx for x=2,3,4 . Find k so that the function of f ( x ) satisfies the
two properties of a probability mass function.
8. Let X be a discrete random variable. Let its Support S be the set of the first
ten natural numbers. Given the pmf of X :
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P ( X=x )= 55
{
x ,if x ϵ S
0 , if x ∉ S
Compute the probability P( X > 7).
9. Let X be a discrete random variable with Support S={1 ,2 , 3 , … ,12 }.
Its pmf is given below:
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P ( X=x )= 78
{
x ,if x ϵ Support S
0 , if x ∉ Support S
Compute the probability P( X > 8).
10. Graph the probability mass function below:
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{
f ( x )= 3
,if x ϵ S
0 , if x ∉ S
S = { 0, 1, 2 }