Assignment 3

In a rent-car branch office, cars are returned with the following probability. Random variable X is
the number of cars returned in a day.

x 0 1 2 3

f(x) 1/6 1/6 1/2 1/6

(1) Draw a graph of F(x).

(2) Find E(X) and Var(X).

(3) Find E(3X + 4).

(4) Find Var(2X + 5).

Answer

(1) Draw a graph of F(x)

(2) Find E(X) and Var(X).

We knew the equals the equation as follows:

So,

If we want to calculate the , firstly we should find the .

and then,we can calculate as follows:

(3) Find E(3X + 4).

We got up here and we knew then,

(4) Find Var(2X + 5).

The , and then,