Tutorial 1 Answers

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1. (a) p(x) = 1 ⇒ 30c = 1 ⇒ c = 1/30.
x=0
Z 1
c 1
(b) f (x)dx = 1 ⇒ + =1 ⇒ c = 3/2.
0 3 2
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X
2. (a) P (X) = 1 ⇒ 10k 2 + 9k = 1 ⇒ k = 1/10. (Ignore the negative value)
x=0
1 2 1 19


(b) P (X ≥ 6) = P (X = 6) + P (X = 7) = 2k 2 + 7k 2 + k = 9k 2 + k = 9 10 + 10 = 100 .

3. (a) P (X ≤ 4) = P (X = 0) + P (X = 1) + P (X = 2) + P (X = 3) + P (X = 4) = 1.
5 7 12
(b) P (2 ≤ X < 4) = P (X = 2) + P (X = 3) = 25 + 25 = 25 .
(c) P (X > −1) = P (X = 0) + P (X = 1) + P (X = 2) + P (X = 3) + P (X = 4) = 1.

X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4. (a)
P (X = x) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
(b) P (2 < X < 6) = P (X = 3) + P (X = 4) + P (X = 5) = 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.4.
P pP √
(c) µ = XP (X) = 6 and σ = X 2 P (X) − µ2 = 3.
Z 2 Z 1 Z 2
5. (a) f (x)dx = 1 ⇒ xdx + (k − x)dx = 1 ⇒ 1/2 + (k − 3/2) = 1 ⇒ k = 2.
0 0 1
Z 2 Z 2
(b) f (x)dx = (2 − x)dx = 1/8.
1.5 1.5
Z 70 Z 70
70 70 70
6. (a) µ = xf (x)dx = dx = [ln x]70
1 = ln 70 = 4.31.
69x 69 69
Z1 70 1 Z 70
70 70 70
σ2 = x2 f (x)dx − µ2 = dx − 4.312 = [x] − 4.312 = 51.42.
1 1 69 69 1
(b) Y = 2.5X Therefore µY = 2.5µX = 2.5(4.31) = $10.78
Z ∞
7. P (t ≥ 100) = f (t)dt = e−100λ .
100

8.

P (X ≥ m) = P (X ≤ m)
Z 3 Z m
2x 2x
dx = dx
m 9 0 9
m2 m2
1− =
9 9
3
m = √
2