MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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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
probability .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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