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June 2016 p61 q4
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A box contains 2 green sweets and 5 blue sweets. Two sweets are taken at random from the box, without replacement. The random variable X is the number of green sweets taken. Find E(X) and Var(X).

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Feb/Mar 2016 p62 q2
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A flower shop has 5 yellow roses, 3 red roses and 2 white roses. Martin chooses 3 roses at random. Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of white roses Martin chooses.

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Nov 2015 p62 q6
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A fair spinner A has edges numbered 1, 2, 3, 3. A fair spinner B has edges numbered -3, -2, -1, 1. Each spinner is spun. The number on the edge that the spinner comes to rest on is noted. Let X be the sum of the numbers for the two spinners.

  1. Copy and complete the table showing the possible values of X.
Spinner A
Spinner B1233
-3-2
-21
-1
1
  1. Draw up a table showing the probability distribution of X.
  2. Find Var(X).
  3. Find the probability that X is even, given that X is positive.
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Nov 2015 p61 q6
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Nadia is very forgetful. Every time she logs in to her online bank she only has a 40% chance of remembering her password correctly. She is allowed 3 unsuccessful attempts on any one day and then the bank will not let her try again until the next day.

  1. Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate this situation. [3]
  2. Let \(X\) be the number of unsuccessful attempts Nadia makes on any day that she tries to log in to her bank. Copy and complete the following table to show the probability distribution of \(X\). [4]
\(x\)0123
\(P(X = x)\)0.24
  1. Calculate the expected number of unsuccessful attempts made by Nadia on any day that she tries to log in. [2]
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June 2015 p63 q4
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A pet shop has 9 rabbits for sale, 6 of which are white. A random sample of two rabbits is chosen without replacement.

  1. Show that the probability that exactly one of the two rabbits in the sample is white is \(\frac{1}{2}\).
  2. Construct the probability distribution table for the number of white rabbits in the sample.
  3. Find the expected value of the number of white rabbits in the sample.
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