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Transcribed Image Text:Example 5-1. A random variable X has the following probability function :
Values of X, x :
1
3
4
5
7
p(x) :
k
2k
2k
3k
k2
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(i) Find k, () Evaluate Р(X < 6), Р(Х26), and P(0 <X<5), (i) If P(X Sa) >
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the minimum value of a, and (iv) Determine the distribution function of X.
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