Discrete Random Variables

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2022 NYJC P2 Q9

2022 NYJC P2 Q9 A bag contains three yellow marbles, one blue marble and $x$ red marbles, where $x>1$. In a game, Lily takes $~2$ marbles at random from the

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2022 CJC P2 Q7

2022 CJC P2 Q7 The probability distribution for the random variable $X$ is shown in the table. Another random variable $Y$ is defined by $Y=2{{X}_{1}}+{{X}_{2}}$, where ${{X}_{1}}$ and ${{X}_{2}}$ are

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ACJC Discrete Random Variables Tutorial Q1

ACJC Discrete Random Variables Tutorial Q1 A biased six-sided die is such that $text{P}left( X=1 right)=p$ and $text{P}left( X=r+1 right)=frac{1}{2}text{P}left( X=r right)$, $r=1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$ where $X$ denotes

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2017 IJC BT2 Q7

2017 IJC BT2 Q7 The discrete random variable $X$ has probability function $text{P}left( X=x right)=left{ begin{matrix}kleft( frac{5}{2}-x right),,,,x=0,2, \kleft( x-2 right),,,,,,,,,,,x=3, \0,text{otherwise,} \end{matrix} right.$ where $k$ is a positive constant.

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2022 ACJC P2 Q11

2022 ACJC P2 Q11 (a) (i) It is known that the probability of a customer using e-payment at a hawker stall is $0.25$. A group of customers is chosen at

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2012 MJC P2 Q12

2012 MJC P2 Q12 (a) The random variable $X$  is the number of successes in $n$ independent trials of an experiment in which the probability of a success at a

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2022 NJC P2 Q5

2022 NJC P2 Q5 The random variable $W$ has the distribution $text{B}left( n,p right)$ and a mode $m$. By considering the inequality $text{P}left( W=m right)ge text{P}left( W=m+1 right)$, show that

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2022 CJC P2 Q10

2022 CJC P2 Q10 The random variable $X$ has distribution $text{B}left( n,p right)$. It is given that the mean of $X$ is $4.5$ and the variance of $X$ is $3.15$.

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2022 EJC P2 Q7

2022 EJC P2 Q7 In a carnival lucky dip game, a game master places n consolation tickets, $m$ blank tickets, and one golden ticket into a box. A contestant taking

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2022 MI P2 Q7

2022 MI P2 Q7 A bag contains three red balls, $n-1$ blue balls and $n$ white ball, where $nge 3$. The balls are identical except for their colour. Two balls

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