MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS Tutorial Exercises 1 Answers

1.
E(X) = 0 × 0.3 + 1 × 0.4 + 2 × 0.3 = 1
E(X 2 ) = 02 × 0.3 + 12 × 0.4 + 22 × 0.3 = 1.6
V (X) = 1.6 − 12 = 0.6

2. Larger
xi P (X = xi )

2 0.1
3 0.2
4 0.3
5 0.4

Sum

xi P (X = xi )

3 0.1
4 0.1
5 0.2
6 0.2
7 0.2
8 0.1
9 0.1

3.
E(X) = 0.3 × 2400 + 0.7 × 3200 = 2960

4. P (Y = y) = (1 − p)y p y = 0, 1, 2, 3 . . . and

P (Y > a + b|Y > a) = P (Y > a + b)/P (Y > a)

∞
, ∞
X X
= p(1 − p)y p(1 − p)y
y=a+b+1 y=a+1
.
= (1 − p)a+b+1 (1 − p)a+1
= (1 − p)b

5. Total number of cars has Poisson distribution with mean 7 so

P (X = 3) = e−7 73 /3!
= 0.104
6.
Π(s) = e7s−7
Π′ (s) = 7e7s−7
E(X) = Π′ (1)
=7
Π′′ (s) = 49e7s−7
V (X) = Π′′ (1) + Π′ (1) − (Π′ (1))2
= 49 + 7 − 49
=7