Edexcel S2 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Random Variables
TypeSampling distribution of mean or linear combination

4 A bag contains 50 counters, each with one of the numbers 4,7 or 10 written on it in the ratio \(2 : 3 : 5\) respectively. A random sample of 2 counters is taken from the bag. The numbers on the 2 counters are recorded as \(D _ { 1 }\) and \(D _ { 2 }\) The random variable \(M\) represents the mean of \(D _ { 1 }\) and \(D _ { 2 }\)
  1. Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( M = 4 ) = \frac { 9 } { 245 }\)
  2. Find the sampling distribution of \(M\) A random sample of \(n\) sets of 2 counters is taken. The random variable \(T\) represents the number of these \(n\) sets of 2 counters that have a mean of 4 Given that each set of 2 counters is replaced after it is drawn,
  3. calculate the minimum value of \(n\) such that \(\mathrm { P } ( T = 0 ) < 0.15\)