Quiz 4

ECE302: Probability

Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin

Topic: Expectation of discrete random variable


Question

  • Let X be a discrete random variable with probability mass function
$ p_{X}(k) = \frac{C}{3^{\left | k \right |}} , k\in \mathbb{Z} $
for an appropriate chosen constant C. What is the expectation of X?

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