9709 P62 - Nov 2017 - Q3
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A box contains 6 identical-sized discs, of which 4 are blue and 2 are red. Discs are taken at random from the box in turn and not replaced. Let X be the number of discs taken, up to and including the first blue one.
(i) Show that \(P(X = 3) = \frac{1}{15}\).
(ii) Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\).
