A random variable X has the following probability distribution :
The mean of the distribution is: |
$\frac{19}{7}$ $\frac{15}{8}$ $\frac{27}{5}$ $\frac{13}{7}$ |
$\frac{19}{7}$ |
Given probability distribution $X: 0,\;1,\;2,\;3,\;4$ $P(X): c,\;3c,\;4c,\;6c,\;7c$ Total probability = 1 $c+3c+4c+6c+7c=21c=1$ $c=\frac{1}{21}$ Mean of distribution $E(X)=\sum xP(X)$ $E(X)=0\cdot c+1\cdot3c+2\cdot4c+3\cdot6c+4\cdot7c$ $=3c+8c+18c+28c=57c$ $E(X)=57\cdot\frac{1}{21}=\frac{57}{21}=\frac{19}{7}$ The mean of the distribution is $\frac{19}{7}$. |