OCR MEI AS Paper 2 2023 June — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeOne unknown from sum constraint only

9 The table shows the probability distribution for the discrete random variable \(X\).
\(x\)12345
\(\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { X } = \mathrm { x } )\)0.10.3\(q\)\(2 q\)\(3 q\)
You are given that \(q\) is a positive constant.
  1. Determine the value of \(q\).
  2. Calculate \(\mathrm { P } ( X \leqslant 4 )\). Two independent values of \(X\) are taken.
  3. Determine the probability that the sum of the two values is 3 . Fifty independent values of \(X\) are taken.
  4. Find the probability that a value of 2 occurs exactly 17 times.