Edexcel S2 2017 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Random Variables
TypeSampling distribution of range or maximum

6. At a men's tennis tournament there are 3 , 4 or 5 sets in a match. Over many years, data collected show that 50\% of matches last for exactly 3 sets, 30\% of matches last for exactly 4 sets and 20\% of matches last for exactly 5 sets. A random sample of 3 tennis matches is taken. The number of sets in each match is recorded as \(S _ { 1 } , S _ { 2 }\) and \(S _ { 3 }\) respectively. The random variable \(M\) represents the maximum value of \(S _ { 1 } , S _ { 2 }\) and \(S _ { 3 }\)
  1. List all the samples where \(M \neq 5\)
  2. Find the sampling distribution of \(M\)
  3. Write down the mode of \(S _ { 1 }\) and the mode of \(M\)