OCR S1 2012 June — Question 8

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeSum or combination of independent binomial values

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  1. The random variable \(X\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 30,0.6 )\). Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geqslant 16 )\).
  2. The random variable \(Y\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } ( 4,0.7 )\).
    (a) Find \(\mathrm { P } ( Y = 2 )\).
    (b) Three values of \(Y\) are chosen at random. Find the probability that their total is 10 .