Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Section 3-2 - Probability Distributions and Probability Mass Functions - Exercises - Page 69: 3-18

Answer

(a) P(X≤1)=4/7 (b) P(X>1)=3/7 (c) P(21)=1

Work Step by Step

Given that, $f(1)=(8/7)(1/2)^{1}$=4/7, $f(2)=(8/7)(1/2)^{2}$=2/7, $f(2)=(8/7)(1/2)^{3}$=1/7, this means that for all possible values of x, f(x) ≥ 0, and, P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)=4/7+2/7+1/7=1 (a) P(X≤1)=P(X=1)=4/7 (b) P(X>1)=P(X=2)+P(X=3)=2/7+1/7=3/7 (c) P(21)= P(X=1)+P(X=2)+P(X=3)=4/7+2/7+1/7=1
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