CAIE S1 2020 March — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2020
SessionMarch
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeGeometric distribution (first success)

2 An ordinary fair die is thrown repeatedly until a 1 or a 6 is obtained.
  1. Find the probability that it takes at least 3 throws but no more than 5 throws to obtain a 1 or a 6 .
    On another occasion, this die is thrown 3 times. The random variable \(X\) is the number of times that a 1 or a 6 is obtained.
  2. Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).