CAIE S1 2022 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2022
SessionNovember
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeTwo unknowns from sum and expectation

1 The probability distribution table for a random variable \(X\) is shown below.
\(x\)- 2- 10.512
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)0.12\(p\)\(q\)0.160.3
Given that \(\mathrm { E } ( X ) = 0.28\), find the value of \(p\) and the value of \(q\).