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Q.The range of a random variable XX is {0,1,2}\{0,1,2\}. Given that P(X=0)=3c3P(X=0)=3c^3, P(X=1)=4c−10c2P(X=1)=4c-10c^2, P(X=2)=5c−1P(X=2)=5c-1

(i) Find the value of cc
(ii) P(X<1)P(X<1), P(1<X≤2)P(1<X\le2) and P(0<X≤3)P(0<X\le3).
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Find cc from ∑P(X=x)=1\sum P(X=x)=1 (keeping only the root that makes every probability lie in [0,1][0,1]), then read off the required probabilities.

(i) Find cc. Since the total probability must be 11:

3c3+(4c−10c2)+(5c−1)=1  ⇒  3c3−10c2+9c−2=0.3c^3+(4c-10c^2)+(5c-1) = 1 \;\Rightarrow\; 3c^3-10c^2+9c-2=0.

Testing c=1c=1: 3−10+9−2=03-10+9-2=0 — a root. Factor it out:

3c3−10c2+9c−2=(c−1)(3c2−7c+2).3c^3-10c^2+9c-2 = (c-1)(3c^2-7c+2).

Solve 3c2−7c+2=03c^2-7c+2=0: c=7±49−246=7±56⇒c=2c=\dfrac{7\pm\sqrt{49-24}}{6}=\dfrac{7\pm5}{6} \Rightarrow c=2 or c=13c=\dfrac13.

So the three roots are c=1, 2, 13c=1,\,2,\,\dfrac13. Since each P(X=x)P(X=x) must lie in [0,1][0,1]:

  • c=1c=1: P(X=0)=3(1)3=3>1P(X=0)=3(1)^3=3>1 — invalid.
  • c=2c=2: P(X=0)=3(2)3=24>1P(X=0)=3(2)^3=24>1 — invalid.
  • c=13c=\dfrac13: P(X=0)=3(13)3=19P(X=0)=3\left(\dfrac13\right)^3=\dfrac19, P(X=1)=4(13)−10(13)2=43−109=29P(X=1)=4\left(\dfrac13\right)-10\left(\dfrac13\right)^2=\dfrac43-\dfrac{10}9=\dfrac29, P(X=2)=5(13)−1=23P(X=2)=5\left(\dfrac13\right)-1=\dfrac23 — all in [0,1][0,1] and they sum to 19+29+69=1\dfrac19+\dfrac29+\dfrac69=1. Valid. …

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