CAIE S1 2011 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeAt least one success

7
    1. Find the probability of getting at least one 3 when 9 fair dice are thrown.
    2. When \(n\) fair dice are thrown, the probability of getting at least one 3 is greater than 0.9. Find the smallest possible value of \(n\).
  1. A bag contains 5 green balls and 3 yellow balls. Ronnie and Julie play a game in which they take turns to draw a ball from the bag at random without replacement. The winner of the game is the first person to draw a yellow ball. Julie draws the first ball. Find the probability that Ronnie wins the game.