CAIE S1 2007 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicCombinations & Selection

7 A vegetable basket contains 12 peppers, of which 3 are red, 4 are green and 5 are yellow. Three peppers are taken, at random and without replacement, from the basket.
  1. Find the probability that the three peppers are all different colours.
  2. Show that the probability that exactly 2 of the peppers taken are green is \(\frac { 12 } { 55 }\).
  3. The number of green peppers taken is denoted by the discrete random variable \(X\). Draw up a probability distribution table for \(X\).