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Miscellaneous 7 (I) · Q43

Q.If p.m.f. of a d.r.v. X is P

(x) = c/x³ , for x = 1, 2, 3 and = 0, otherwise (elsewhere) then E (X ) = (A) 343/297
(B) 294/251
(C) 297/294
(D) 294/297
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∑x=13cx3=c(1+18+127)=c×251216=1⇒c=216251\sum_{x=1}^3 \dfrac c{x^3}=c\left(1+\dfrac18+\dfrac1{27}\right)=c\times\dfrac{251}{216}=1\Rightarrow c=\dfrac{216}{251}. $E(X)=c\sum\dfrac1{x^2}=c\left(1+\dfrac14+\dfrac1 …

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