4. A customer wishes to withdraw money from a cash machine. To do this it is necessary to type a PIN number into the machine. The customer is unsure of this number. If the wrong number is typed in, the customer can try again up to a maximum of four attempts in total. Attempts to type in the correct number are independent and the probability of success at each attempt is 0.6 .
- Show that the probability that the customer types in the correct number at the third attempt is 0.096 .
(2 marks)
The random variable \(A\) represents the number of attempts made to type in the correct PIN number, regardless of whether or not the attempt is successful. - Find the probability distribution of \(A\).
- Calculate the probability that the customer types in the correct number in four or fewer attempts.
- Calculate \(\mathrm { E } ( A )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( A )\).
- Find \(\mathrm { F } ( 1 + \mathrm { E } ( A ) )\).