Sampling without replacement

A question is this type if and only if it involves selecting items without replacement from a finite population and asks for the distribution of the number of items with a certain property.

8 questions

CAIE S1 2024 June Q5
5 Jasmine has one \(
) 5\( coin, two \)\\( 2\) coins and two \(
) 1\( coins. She selects two of these coins at random. The random variable \)X$ is the total value, in dollars, of these two coins.
  1. Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 7 ) = 0.2\).
  2. Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\).
  3. Find the value of \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
CAIE S1 2003 June Q2
2 A box contains 10 pens of which 3 are new. A random sample of two pens is taken.
  1. Show that the probability of getting exactly one new pen in the sample is \(\frac { 7 } { 15 }\).
  2. Construct a probability distribution table for the number of new pens in the sample.
  3. Calculate the expected number of new pens in the sample.
CAIE S1 2015 June Q4
4 A pet shop has 9 rabbits for sale, 6 of which are white. A random sample of two rabbits is chosen without replacement.
  1. Show that the probability that exactly one of the two rabbits in the sample is white is \(\frac { 1 } { 2 }\).
  2. Construct the probability distribution table for the number of white rabbits in the sample.
  3. Find the expected value of the number of white rabbits in the sample.
CAIE S1 2016 June Q4
4 A box contains 2 green sweets and 5 blue sweets. Two sweets are taken at random from the box, without replacement. The random variable \(X\) is the number of green sweets taken. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
OCR S1 Specimen Q5
5 A sixth-form class consists of 7 girls and 5 boys. Three students from the class are chosen at random. The number of boys chosen is denoted by the random variable \(X\). Show that
  1. \(\quad \mathrm { P } ( X = 0 ) = \frac { 7 } { 44 }\),
  2. \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 2 ) = \frac { 7 } { 22 }\). The complete probability distribution of \(X\) is shown in the following table.
    \(x\)0123
    \(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(\frac { 7 } { 44 }\)\(\frac { 21 } { 44 }\)\(\frac { 7 } { 22 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 22 }\)
  3. Calculate \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
OCR MEI S1 2007 June Q6
6 In a phone-in competition run by a local radio station, listeners are given the names of 7 local personalities and are told that 4 of them are in the studio. Competitors phone in and guess which 4 are in the studio.
  1. Show that the probability that a randomly selected competitor guesses all 4 correctly is \(\frac { 1 } { 35 }\). Let \(X\) represent the number of correct guesses made by a randomly selected competitor. The probability distribution of \(X\) is shown in the table.
    \(r\)01234
    \(\mathrm { P } ( X = r )\)0\(\frac { 4 } { 35 }\)\(\frac { 18 } { 35 }\)\(\frac { 12 } { 35 }\)\(\frac { 1 } { 35 }\)
  2. Find the expectation and variance of \(X\).
OCR MEI S1 Q1
1 In her purse, Katharine has two \(\pounds 5\) notes, two \(\pounds 10\) notes and one \(\pounds 20\) note. She decides to select two of these notes at random to donate to a charity. The total value of these two notes is denoted by the random variable \(\pounds X\).
  1. (A) Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 10 ) = 0.1\).
    (B) Show that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 30 ) = 0.2\). The table shows the probability distribution of \(X\).
    \(r\)1015202530
    \(\mathrm { P } ( X = r )\)0.10.40.10.20.2
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
CAIE S1 2021 November Q3
3 A bag contains 5 yellow and 4 green marbles. Three marbles are selected at random from the bag, without replacement.
  1. Show that the probability that exactly one of the marbles is yellow is \(\frac { 5 } { 14 }\).
    The random variable \(X\) is the number of yellow marbles selected.
  2. Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).