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    Exercise 6B

    1 a
    x 1 2 3 4 5 6
    F(x) 0.1 0.2 0.35 0.6 0.9 1.0

    b F(5) = 0.9

    c F(2.2) = F(2) = 0.2

    2 a
    x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
    F(x) 0 0.1 0.2 0.45 0.5 0.9 1.0

    x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
    P(X = x) 0 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.05 0.4 0.1

    b P(X < 5) = 0 + 0.1 +0.1 + 0.25 + 0.05


    = 0.5

    c P(2 ⩽ X < 5) = 0.1 + 0.25 +0.05


    = 0.4

     kx x = 1,3,5
    3 a P ( X= x= ) k x − 1 x =
     ( ) 2, 4, 6
    x 1 2 3 4 5 6
    P(X = x) k k 3k 3k 5k 5k
    Since the sum of the probabilities is 1,
    18k = 1
    1
    k=
    18
    b
    x 1 2 3 4 5 6
    1 1 3 3 5 5
    P(X = x)
    18 18 18 18 18 18

    1 3 3
    c P(2 ⩽ X < 5) = + +
    18 18 18
    7
    =
    18

    1 1 3 3
    d F(4) = + + +
    18 18 18 18
    4
    =
    9

    1
    e F(1.6) = F(1) =
    18

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    4 a Since the sum of the probabilities is 1,
    2 ( 0.1) + 2α + 0.3 =
    1
    α = 0.25

    b
    x −2 −1 0 1 2
    P(X = x) 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.3

    c F(0.3) = F(0)
    = 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.25
    = 0.45

    1+ x
    5 a F(X ) =
    6
    1+ 4
    =
    6
    5
    =
    6

    b P(X = 4) = F(4) − F(3)


    1+ 4 1+ 3
    = −
    6 6
    5 4
    = −
    6 6
    1
    =
    6

    c
    x 1 2 3 4 5
    2 1 1 1 1
    P(X = x)
    6 6 6 6 6

    (x + k)
    2

    6 a F( x) =
    16
    F ( 3) = 1
    Therefore
    (3 + k ) = 1
    2

    16
    (3 + k )
    2
    16
    =
    3 + k =±4
    k = 1 or k = −7
    When k = −7 and x = 1
    (=
    x − 7)
    2
    36
    P (1)
    =
    16 16
    As a probability cannot be greater than 1, k ≠ −7
    Therefore k = 1.

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    ( x + 1)
    2

    6 b F( x) =
    16
    x 1 2 3
    4 9
    F( x) 1
    16 16

    x 1 2 3
    4 5 7
    P(X = x)
    16 16 16

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