CAIE S1 2016 March — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2016
SessionMarch
TopicProbability Definitions
TypeIndependent events test

3 A fair eight-sided die has faces marked \(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\). The score when the die is thrown is the number on the face the die lands on. The die is thrown twice.
  • Event \(R\) is 'one of the scores is exactly 3 greater than the other score'.
  • Event \(S\) is 'the product of the scores is more than 19'.
    1. Find the probability of \(R\).
    2. Find the probability of \(S\).
    3. Determine whether events \(R\) and \(S\) are independent. Justify your answer.