Find k such that the function Px- k- 4- x - x-0-1-2-3-4-k-0 0- otherwise is a probability mass function-

As sum of all probabilities =1 ⇒ R(^4C_0+^4C_1+^4C_2+^4C_3+^4C_4)=1 =R(1+4+6+4+1)=1 ⇒ R(16)=1 ⇒ R=116 . ...

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Find $k$ such that the function
$P (x) = ⎧ ⎨ ⎩ \begin{matrix} k (\begin{matrix} 4 x \end{matrix}); x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, k > 0 0; o t h e r w i s e \end{matrix}$ is a probability mass function.

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