Edexcel S1 2013 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeCalculate E(X) from given distribution

7. The score \(S\) when a spinner is spun has the following probability distribution.
\(s\)01245
\(\mathrm { P } ( S = s )\)0.20.20.10.30.2
  1. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( S )\).
  2. Show that \(\mathrm { E } \left( S ^ { 2 } \right) = 10.4\)
  3. Hence find \(\operatorname { Var } ( S )\).
  4. Find
    1. \(\mathrm { E } ( 5 S - 3 )\),
    2. \(\operatorname { Var } ( 5 S - 3 )\).
  5. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 5 S - 3 > S + 3 )\) The spinner is spun twice.
    The score from the first spin is \(S _ { 1 }\) and the score from the second spin is \(S _ { 2 }\)
    The random variables \(S _ { 1 }\) and \(S _ { 2 }\) are independent and the random variable \(X = S _ { 1 } \times S _ { 2 }\)
  6. Show that \(\mathrm { P } \left( \left\{ S _ { 1 } = 1 \right\} \cap X < 5 \right) = 0.16\)
  7. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 5 )\).