CAIE S1 2024 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicGeometric Distribution
TypeSecond success on trial n

1 Nicola throws an ordinary fair six-sided dice. The random variable \(X\) is the number of throws that she takes to obtain a 6.
  1. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 8 )\).
  2. Find the probability that Nicola obtains a 6 for the second time on her 8th throw.
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