OCR MEI S1 — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeCalculate E(X) from given distribution

2 Two fair six-sided dice are thrown. The random variable \(X\) denotes the difference between the scores on the two dice. The table shows the probability distribution of \(X\).
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = r )\)\(\frac { 1 } { 6 }\)\(\frac { 5 } { 18 }\)\(\frac { 2 } { 9 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 6 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 9 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 18 }\)
  1. Draw a vertical line chart to illustrate the probability distribution.
  2. Use a probability argument to show that
    (A) \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 1 ) = \frac { 5 } { 18 }\),
    (B) \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 0 ) = \frac { 1 } { 6 }\).
  3. Find the mean value of \(X\).