CAIE S1 2012 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Probability Distributions
TypeConstruct probability distribution from scenario

2 The random variable \(X\) has the probability distribution shown in the table.
\(x\)246
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)0.50.40.1
Two independent values of \(X\) are chosen at random. The random variable \(Y\) takes the value 0 if the two values of \(X\) are the same. Otherwise the value of \(Y\) is the larger value of \(X\) minus the smaller value of \(X\).
  1. Draw up the probability distribution table for \(Y\).
  2. Find the expected value of \(Y\).