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Distinguish a transformed observation from two independent observations

The discrete random variable XX has distribution

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(i) Evaluate pp. (ii) Find E(X)E(X) and Var⁡(X)\operatorname{Var}(X). (iii) Write down E(2X−3)E(2X-3) and Var⁡(2X−3)\operatorname{Var}(2X-3). (iv) For two independent observations X1,X2X_1,X_2 of XX, find E(X1+X2)E(X_1+X_2) and, using pp from (i), find P(X1+X2=2)P(X_1+X_2=2).

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CJC · Lecture · Example 14

Normalize and calculate the two base moments first.

Focus on parts(iii)–(iv): one transformed observation versus two independent observations.

For the probability in(iv), list the three ordered pairs that sum to 2.

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