OCR S1 2007 June — Question 8

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeFinding binomial parameters from properties

8
  1. A biased coin is thrown twice. The probability that it shows heads both times is 0.04 . Find the probability that it shows tails both times.
  2. A nother coin is biased so that the probability that it shows heads on any throw is p . The probability that the coin shows heads exactly once in two throws is 0.42 . Find the two possible values of p.