A study of social mobility in England looked at the social class reached by the sons of lower-class fathers. Social classes are numbered from 1 (low) to 5 (high). Take the random variable X to be the class of randomly chosen son of a father in Class 1. The study found that the distribution of X is
Sons class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
.48 | .38 | .08 | .05 | .01 |
A. What percent of the sons of lower-class fathers reach the highest class, Class 5?
B. Does the distribution satisfy the requirements for a discrete probability distribution?
C. What is P(X≤3)?
D. What is P(X<3)?
E. What is the probability a son of a lower-class father reaches one of the two highest classes?
F. What is the expected class that a son of a lower-class father would reach?
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