Edexcel S2 2016 October — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionOctober
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeIdentify distribution and parameters

  1. A large number of students sat an examination. All of the students answered the first question. The first question was answered correctly by \(40 \%\) of the students.
In a random sample of 20 students who sat the examination, \(X\) denotes the number of students who answered the first question correctly.
  1. Write down the distribution of the random variable \(X\)
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 4 \leqslant X < 9 )\) Students gain 7 points if they answer the first question correctly and they lose 3 points if they do not answer it correctly.
  3. Find the probability that the total number of points scored on the first question by the 20 students is more than 0
  4. Calculate the variance of the total number of points scored on the first question by a random sample of 20 students.