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The document is an assignment for a Probability & Statistics course at the Ahmedabad Institute of Technology, focusing on random variables. It includes various questions related to defining random variables, calculating probabilities, and finding constants for probability density functions. The assignment provides specific problems with their corresponding answers.

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Random Variable Assignment

The document is an assignment for a Probability & Statistics course at the Ahmedabad Institute of Technology, focusing on random variables. It includes various questions related to defining random variables, calculating probabilities, and finding constants for probability density functions. The assignment provides specific problems with their corresponding answers.

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AHMEDABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Semester-III
Probability & Statistics (BE03000251)
Unit-1: Basic Probability (Random Variable)

Assignment
Q 1. Define the term random variable and explain different types of random variable.

Q 2. A random variable X has the following probability distribution :

X=x −2 −1 0 1 2 3
P (X = x) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 3k

(i) Find the value of k. (ii) P (x ≥ 2). (iii) P (−2 < x < 2).
1
Ans: (i) k = (ii) 0.5 (iii) 0.4
15
Q 3. The probability mass function of a random variable X is zero except at the points
X = 0, 1, 2. At these points it has the values :

P (X = 0) = 3c3 , P (X = 1) = 4c − 10c2 , P (X = 2) = 5c − 1

Find : (i) c (ii) P (X < 1). (iii) P (1 < X ≤ 2). (iv) P (0 < X ≤ 2).
1 1 2 8
Ans: (i) c = (ii) (iii) (iv)
3 9 3 9
Q 4. Let X be a continuous random variable with probability density function (pdf).
(
kx(1 − x), 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
f (x) =
0, otherwise

Find the value of k and determine the probability P (0 ≤ X ≤ 0.5)

Ans: k = 6 and 0.5

Q 5. Find the constant k such that the function :


(
kx2 , 0 < x < 3
f (x) =
0, otherwise

is a probability density function.


1
Ans: k =
9
1
Q 6. Let the continuous random variable X have the probability density function :

1, x>1
f (x) = x4
0, otherwise

Find the distribution function F (x).


1 1
Ans: F (x) = − 2
3 3x
Q 7. Verify that the following function F (x) is a distribution function :
(
0, x<0
F (x) = −x/4
1−e , x≥0

Also, find the following probabilities :


(i) P (X ≤ 4) (ii) P (X ≥ 8) (iii) P (4 ≤ X ≤ 8).

Ans: (i) 0.6321 (ii) 0.1353 (iii) 0.2325

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