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Assignment # 4 (Lessons22-27) Question 1 5+5+5=15 Marks Part (a): The following

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Assignment # 4 (Lessons22-27)

Question 1                                                                                            5+5+5=15 Marks

Part (a):

The following table gives the probability distribution of therandom variable X, the number of foreign tours a minister make in ayear.

X

1

2

3

4

5

P(X)

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

Find the probability that:

i) Minister makes visit between 2 and 5 (both exclusive)

ii) Minister makes at the most 4 tours

Part (b):

The range of the random variable X is [0, 1, 2, 3, x], where xis unknown. If each value is equally likely and the mean of X is 6,determine x.

Part (c):

Show that the following function satisfies the properties of ajoint probability mass function.

X        Y        f(x,y)

-1        -2         1/8

-0.5     -1         1/4

0.5      1         1/2

1         2         1/8

Also determine E(X) and E(Y)

Question2                                                                                                  3+12=15Marks

Part (a):

Discuss what is meant by the concept of independence of twodiscrete random variables.

Part (b):

Given is the joint probability distribution of X and Y.

       Y

X

0

1

2

3

g(X)

0

0.05

0.05

0.10

0

0.20

1

0.05

0.10

0.25

0.10

0.50

2

0

0.15

0.10

0.05

0.30

h(Y)

0.10

0.30

0.45

0.15

1.00

Determine the followings.

       I.      Mean of X and Mean of Y

     II.      Var(X) and Var (Y)

   III.      Cov (X, Y)

IV.      Correlation coefficientr.

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X

1

2

3

4

5

P(X)

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

Explanation / Answer

x.