CAIE S2 2015 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypePure expectation and variance calculation

1 The independent random variables \(X\) and \(Y\) have standard deviations 3 and 6 respectively. Calculate the standard deviation of \(4 X - 5 Y\).