CAIE FP2 2017 Specimen — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2017
SessionSpecimen
TopicGeometric Distribution
TypeDetermine p from given mean or variance

6 A biased coin is tossed repeatedly until a head is obtained. The random variable \(X\) denotes the number of tosses required for a head to be obtained. The mean of \(X\) is equal to twice the variance of \(X\).
  1. Show that the probability that a head is obtained when the coin is tossed once is \(\frac { 2 } { 3 }\).
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  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 4 )\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 4 )\).
  4. Find the least integer \(N\) such that \(\mathrm { P } ( X \leqslant N ) > 0.999\).