OCR MEI Paper 2 2023 June — Question 4

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

4 A biased octagonal dice has faces numbered from 1 to 8 . The discrete random variable \(X\) is the score obtained when the dice is rolled once. The probability distribution of \(X\) is shown in the table below.
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\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(p\)\(p\)\(p\)\(p\)\(p\)\(p\)\(p\)\(3 p\)
  1. Determine the value of \(p\).
  2. Find the probability that a score of at least 4 is obtained when the dice is rolled once. The dice is rolled 30 times.
  3. Determine the probability that a score of 8 occurs exactly twice.