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: 3-20

Answer

(a) $P(X=2)=3/64=0.046875$ (b) $P(X≤2)=63/64=0.984375$ (c) $P(X>2)=1/64=0.015625$ (d) $P(X≥1)=0.25$

Work Step by Step

Given that, $f(x)=(3/4)(1/4)^{x}$, then, $f(0)=(3/4)(1/4)^{0}=3/4=0.75$, $f(1)=(3/4)(1/4)^{1}=3/16=0.1875$, $f(2)=(3/4)(1/4)^{2}=3/64=0.046875$, ......., we can find that for all possible values of x, f(x) ≥ 0, and, $P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)+......=(3/4)(1/4)^{0}+(3/4)(1/4)^{1}+(3/4)(1/4)^{2}+...=(3/4)[1+(1/4)^{1}+(1/4)^{2}+...]=(3/4)[1/(1-(1/4))=1$ (a) $P(X=2)=3/64=0.046875$ (b) $P(X≤2)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)+P(X=2)=3/4+3/16+3/64=63/64=0.984375$ (c) $P(X>2)=1-P(X≤2)=1-63/64=1/64=0.015625$ (d) $P(X≥1)=1-P(X<1)=1-P(X=0)=1-0.75=0.25$
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