OCR MEI S1 — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeSampling without replacement

1 In her purse, Katharine has two \(\pounds 5\) notes, two \(\pounds 10\) notes and one \(\pounds 20\) note. She decides to select two of these notes at random to donate to a charity. The total value of these two notes is denoted by the random variable \(\pounds X\).
  1. (A) Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 10 ) = 0.1\).
    (B) Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 30 ) = 0.2\). The table shows the probability distribution of \(X\).
    \(r\)1015202530
    \(\mathrm { P } ( X = r )\)0.10.40.10.20.2
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).