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Determine whether the following defines a valid probability mass function.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

is_pmf	boolean	false
has_negative_probability	integer	1
probabilities_dont_sum	integer	1
explain_decision	string	the probabilities do not sum t

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a	integer	3
negerror	decimal	dec("0")
c	number	51
b	integer	-3
error	integer	9
d3	number	5
d4	number	10
d2	number	3
d1	number	0

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has_negative_probability=0 and probabilities_dont_sum=0

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Does the following define a valid probability mass function?

$P(X=x) = \simplify{({a}x+{b})/{c}},\;\;\;x \in S=\{\var{d1},\;\var{d2},\;\var{d3},\;\var{d4}\}$

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A probability mass function $f(x)=P(X=x)$ has to satisfy:

1. $f(x) \ge 0$ , $\forall x \in S$

2. $\sum_{x \in S} f(x) = 1$

To verify this we calculate the function as follows:

$\begin{align} P(X = \var{d1}) &= \simplify[std]{({a} * {d1} + {b}) / {c} = {a * d1 + b} / {c}} \\ \\ P(X = \var{d2}) &= \simplify[std]{({a} * {d2} + {b}) / {c} = {a * d2 + b} / {c}} \\ \\ P(X = \var{d3}) &= \simplify[std]{({a} * {d3} + {b}) / {c} = {a * d3 + b} / {c}} \\ \\ P(X = \var{d4}) &= \simplify[std]{({a} * {d4} + {b}) / {c} = {a * d4 + b} / {c}} \end{align}$

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$\sum_{x \in S} f(x) =\simplify[std]{ {a*d1+b}/{c} + {a*d2+b}/{c} + {a*d3+b}/{c} + {a*d4+b}/{c}} = \simplify[fractionNumbers]{{c-error}/{c}} = \simplify[std,simplifyFractions]{{c-error}/{c}}$

In this case, {if(is_pmf,"this is a probability mass function","this is not a probability mass function")} as {explain_decision}.

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