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June 2011 p63 q6
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The probability that Sue completes a Sudoku puzzle correctly is 0.75. Sue attempts 14 Sudoku puzzles every month. The number that she completes successfully is denoted by \(X\).
(ii) Find the value of \(X\) that has the highest probability. You may assume that this value is one of the two values closest to the mean of \(X\). [3]
(iii) Find the probability that in exactly 3 of the next 5 months Sue completes more than 11 Sudoku puzzles correctly. [5]
Solution
(ii) The mean of \(X\) is given by \(E(X) = 14 \times 0.75 = 10.5\). We evaluate the probabilities for \(X = 10\) and \(X = 11\):