Three Valued Random Variable

Show that the distribution of a random variable \(X\) with possible values of 0,1  and 2 is determined by \(\mu_1=\mathbf{E}(X)\) and \(\mu_2=\mathbf{E}(X^2)\), by finding a formula for \(\mathbf{P}(X=x)\) in terms of \(\mu_1\) and \(\mu_2\).

 

[Pitman p. 184. #20]

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