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Ramanujan College (University of Delhi)

Department of Statistics
GE-STATISTICS, II Sem.
Internal Examination 2021
Paper: Introductory Probability

Time: 1 Hours Maximum Marks: 25

Note: 5 marks are reserved for oral examinations.
Attempt any four from the following.
1. If X has the distribution function


 0 ;x < 0
 1/3 ; 1 ≤ x < 4


F (x) = 1/2 ; 4 ≤ x < 6
5/6 ; 6 ≤ x < 10




1 ; x ≥ 10


(a) Find P (2 < X ≤ 6)

(b) Find P (X = 4)
(c) Probability distribution of X

2. If X has the distribution function



 0 ; x < −1
 1/4 ; −1 ≤ x < 1


F (x) = 1/2 ; 1 ≤ x < 3
3/4 ; 3 ≤ x < 5




1 ;x ≥ 5


(a) Find P (X ≤ 3)
(b) Find P (X = 3)
(c) Find P (X < 3)
(d) Find P (X > 1)

3. Find the distribution function of a random variable that has the probability
distribution
x
f (x) = , forx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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4. The probability density function of a random variable X is given by
 √
c/ x ; 0 < x < 4
f (x) =
0 ; elsewhere

Find

1
 (a) Value of c
(b) P (X < 1/4) and P (X > 1)

5. If the probability density function of X is given by



 x/2 ;0 < x ≤ 1
1/2 ;1 < x ≤ 2

f (x) =

 (3 − x)/2 ; 2 < x < 3
0 ; elsewhere


Find the expected value of g(X) = X 2 − 5X + 3 and V (X).