OCR PURE — Question 10

Exam BoardOCR
ModulePURE
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeOne unknown from sum constraint only

10 The probability distribution of a random variable \(X\) is given in the table.
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(\frac { 3 } { 8 }\)\(\frac { 5 } { 16 }\)\(4 p\)\(p\)
  1. Find the value of \(p\).
  2. Two values of \(X\) are chosen at random. Find the probability that the product of these values is 0 .