Question: The following table shows the cumulative distribution function for the random variable X, the number of persons seeking emergency room treatment unnecessarily per day in

The following table shows the cumulative distribution function for the random variable X, the number of persons seeking emergency room treatment unnecessarily per day in a small hospital.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5

F(x) 0.01 0.11 0.41 0.81 0.91 1

(a) Compute the following probabilities: (i) P(1 < X 4); (ii) P(X > 3).

(b) Compute the expected number of persons seeking emergency room treatment unnecessarily in a day.

(c) Compute the probability number of persons seeking emergency room treatment unnecessarily in a day is at most 2.

(d) Compute P(X ), where is the mean number of persons seeking emergency room treatment unnecessarily in a day.

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