CAIE S2 2016 March — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionMarch
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypePure expectation and variance calculation

1 A fair six-sided die is thrown 20 times and the number of sixes, \(X\), is recorded. Another fair six-sided die is thrown 20 times and the number of odd-numbered scores, \(Y\), is recorded. Find the mean and standard deviation of \(X + Y\).