OCR S1 2008 January — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2008
SessionJanuary
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeFinding binomial parameters from properties

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  1. Andrew plays 10 tennis matches. In each match he either wins or loses.
    (a) State, in this context, two conditions needed for a binomial distribution to arise.
    (b) Assuming these conditions are satisfied, define a variable in this context which has a binomial distribution.
  2. The random variable \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 21 , p )\), where \(0 < p < 1\). Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 10 ) = \mathrm { P } ( X = 9 )\), find the value of \(p\).