1.

The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is given by

x2
P(X = x) = , x  {1, 2, k}, where k > 0.
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(a) Write down P(X = 2).

(1)

(b) Show that k = 3.

(4)

(c) Find E(X).

(2)
(Total 7 marks)

2. Two fair 4-sided dice, one red and one green, are thrown. For each die, the faces are labelled 1,
2, 3, 4. The score for each die is the number which lands face down.

(a) List the pairs of scores that give a sum of 6.

(3)

The probability distribution for the sum of the scores on the two dice is shown below.

Sum 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3 4 3 1
Probability p q r
16 16 16 16

(b) Find the value of p, of q, and of r.

(3)

Fred plays a game. He throws two fair 4-sided dice four times. He wins a prize if the sum is 5
on three or more throws.

(c) Find the probability that Fred wins a prize.

(6)
(Total 12 marks)

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3. A box holds 240 eggs. The probability that an egg is brown is 0.05.

(a) Find the expected number of brown eggs in the box.

(2)

(b) Find the probability that there are 15 brown eggs in the box.
(2)

(c) Find the probability that there are at least 10 brown eggs in the box.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

4. Evan likes to play two games of chance, A and B.

For game A, the probability that Evan wins is 0.9. He plays game A seven times.

(a) Find the probability that he wins exactly four games.

(2)

For game B, the probability that Evan wins is p. He plays game B seven times.

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of p, for the probability that he wins exactly four
games.
(2)

(c) Hence, find the values of p such that the probability that he wins exactly four games is
0.15.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

5. A random variable X is distributed normally with a mean of 20 and variance 9.

(a) Find P(X ≤ 24.5).

(3)

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 (b) Let P(X ≤ k) = 0.85.

(i) Represent this information on the following diagram.

(ii) Find the value of k.

(5)
(Total 8 marks)

6. Let the random variable X be normally distributed with mean 25, as shown in the following
diagram.

The shaded region between 25 and 27 represents 30 % of the distribution.

(a) Find P(X > 27).

(2)

(b) Find the standard deviation of X.

(5)
(Total 7 marks)

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7. In a class of 100 boys, 55 boys play football and 75 boys play rugby. Each boy must play at
least one sport from football and rugby.

(a) (i) Find the number of boys who play both sports.

(ii) Write down the number of boys who play only rugby.
(3)

(b) One boy is selected at random.

(i) Find the probability that he plays only one sport.

(ii) Given that the boy selected plays only one sport, find the probability that he plays
rugby.
(4)

Let A be the event that a boy plays football and B be the event that a boy plays rugby.

(c) Explain why A and B are not mutually exclusive.

(2)

(d) Show that A and B are not independent.

(3)
(Total 12 marks)

8. In a group of 16 students, 12 take art and 8 take music. One student takes neither art nor music.
The Venn diagram below shows the events art and music. The values p, q, r and s represent
numbers of students.

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(a) (i) Write down the value of s.

(ii) Find the value of q.

(iii) Write down the value of p and of r.

(5)

(b) (i) A student is selected at random. Given that the student takes music, write down the
probability the student takes art.

(ii) Hence, show that taking music and taking art are not independent events.
(4)

(c) Two students are selected at random, one after the other. Find the probability that the first
student takes only music and the second student takes only art.
(4)
(Total 13 marks)