Edexcel S1 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicUniform Distribution
TypeName the distribution

  1. (a) (i) Name a suitable distribution for modelling the volume of liquid in bottles of wine sold as containing 75 cl .
    (ii) Explain why the mean in such a model would probably be greater than 75 cl .
    (b) (i) Name a suitable distribution for modelling the score on a single throw of a fair four-sided die with the numbers \(1,2,3\) and 4 on its faces.
    (ii) Use your suggested model to find the mean and variance of the score on a single throw of the die.
    (6 marks)
  2. The events \(A\) and \(B\) are independent and such that
$$\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B ) \text { and } \mathrm { P } ( A \cap B ) = \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$ (a) Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( B ) = \frac { 1 } { 4 }\).
(b) Find \(\mathrm { P } ( A \cup B )\).
(c) Find \(\mathrm { P } \left( A \mid B ^ { \prime } \right)\).