OCR MEI S1 2006 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeSingle batch expected count

5 Douglas plays darts, and the probability that he hits the number he is aiming at is 0.87 for any particular dart. Douglas aims a set of three darts at the number 20; the number of times he is successful can be modelled by \(\mathrm { B } ( 3,0.87 )\).
  1. Calculate the probability that Douglas hits 20 twice.
  2. Douglas aims fifty sets of 3 darts at the number 20. Find the expected number of sets for which Douglas hits 20 twice.
  3. Douglas aims four sets of 3 darts at the number 20. Calculate the probability that he hits 20 twice for two sets out of the four.